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Pyrrhotite (Whitmore Coll.)
- Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
- Small Cabinet, 8.4 x 6.5 x 3.2 cm
- Start Time: 11/21/2010 7:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 11/26/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A showy and excellent cluster of lustrous, bronze-brown, hexagonal, stacked, tabular, pyrrhotite crystals is aesthetically set on matrix on this fine piece from Dal'negorsk. The cluster is 4.0 cm across and the large crystal is 1.5 x 1.0 cm. The various orientations of the crystals and a sprinkling of tiny quartz crystals add much character. Classic Dal'negorsk pyrrhotite. Ex Robert Whitmore Collection.