Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite and Quartz (Whitmore Coll.)

Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
Cabinet, 13.4 x 7.5 x 4.2 cm
Start Time: 12/15/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/22/2011 6:32:09 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Sharp, brassy, tabular to blocky crystals of pyrrhotite are perched beautifully on the undulated matrix of lustrous, jet-black sphalerite crystals strikingly accented with clustered bursts of small milky quartz crystals. This famed mine at Dal'negorsk has produced some the world's finest combination sulfide specimens and this is a striking, aesthetic and excellent large plate. You don't see many around anymore of the quality, except from advanced recycled collections. Pristine. Ex Robert Whitmore Collection. Valued at $1000-1250 and well worth it. MUCH, MUCH BETTER IN PERSON!!!

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