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Pyrite
- Tasna Mine, Rosario Section of Cerro Tasna, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
- Thumbnail, 2.0 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
- Start Time: 10/13/2011 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/20/2011 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
The Tasna mine is probably best known for its Ferberite specimen, but there are some very attractive Pyrite specimens that come out from time to time. This piece is a very good quality piece featuring a very sharp, lustrous, octahedral crystal of Pyrite with a few accenting Pyrites and minor matrix. The specimen is in pretty good shape, and this piece is only one of a handful that I acquired when these pieces came out (it was mined in 2004). The majority of them had such terrible damage that they wouldn't even be worth the cost of shipping to bring them back to the States. A good Pyrite specimen for a Pyrite collector or a specimen to add to a Bolivian or sulfide suite.