Pyrite - superb sharp octohedra on Quartz

Item Description

This is an absolute knockout of a small cabinet specimen from Peru with stellar Pyrite octahedrons set on a matrix of bright white Quartz. The five Pyrite crystals here are sharp and lustrous, measuring between 5 mm and 1.3 cm on edge. The mirror-bright octahedrons have modified corners with fine striations on the modified corners only. Three of them are lined up attractively one against the other in a row showing off their forms perfectly and there is a fourth, smaller crystal adjacent to these and offset from them, The fifth Pyrite is close by and isolated. They are all adroitly set on a sparkling, white matrix of transparent, coarse drusy Quartz crystals that shimmer with any incident light. This is a gorgeous, well-balanced Pyrite-Quartz combination piece from the Huanzala Mine, so fine and detailed that it is hard to value it. This is not just a small pyrite, it is a very special specimen which has much more visual impact than at first the size might indicate.