Pyrite on Dolomite

Item Description

Mined by Gregoire De Bodinat at the well-known Message Mine, this piece was purchased at the Sainte Marie aux Mines Show in 2016. A handful of very sharp, lustrous and well-formed, soft golden color metallic Pyrite pyritohedra measuring up to 1.2 cm associated with and sitting atop white rhombic Dolomite. This is an active mine, but dates back nearly 200 years. It has produced some fantastic green Siderite specimens, which are some of the finest known examples from Isere, or any European locality for that matter. Good crystallized Pyrite are few and far between, and this piece is in good shape, and would make a superb addition to any sulfide suite or a collection of European minerals.