Pyrite (Nowakowski Coll.)

American Aggregates Corp. Quarry, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana
Small Cabinet, 5.3 x 5.0 x 4.7 cm
Start Time: 04/30/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/04/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A striking, classic and pristine floater pyrite "ball" from this well-known Indiana locale. The ball has two generations of pyrite. The larger pyritohedrons are super-lustrous, brassy and the second generation smaller pyrite crystals have an amazing sparkle to them. This over 100-year old quarry has been closed to collecting for about 25 years, though when I was a kid I used to deal in these a lot. I have not even seen a good one for sale in a decade. Ex Robert Nowakowski Collection # 42.

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