Pyrite
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- Quiruvilca, La Libertad, Santiago De Chuco, Peru
- Minerals
- Pyrite
- Dimensions
- 7.7 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
- Size class
- Small Cabinet
- SID
- SM239
A group of multiple sizes of pyritohedron habit pyrite crystals with only one small area of attachemnt.
The largest single crystal measures 3.8cm across. Look closely and you find hundreds of tiny black unknown
sulfide crystals dotting the surfaces of some of the pyrites. Classic material from Peru. Ex. Roberts Minerals, ca 1970's