Pyrrhotite and Sphalerite (Meieran Coll.)

Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russian
Miniature, 5.3 x 5.0 x 4.1 cm
Start Time: 06/11/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/16/2011 6:33:55 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A classic and excellent combination sulfide specimen from Dalnegork and the Gene Meieran Sulfide Collection. Lustrous, tabular, hexagonal, bronzey, pyrrhotite crystals to 4.2 cm are aesthetically set next to splendent, jet-black, sphalerite crystals. Complete all-around pristine, except for the periphery wear at the base. Older material from the late 1980s - early 1990s, when Dalnegorsk specimens were first coming to the US market, as the locality was attributed to Tetjhe then. Classic combination material and only available in this quality today from recycled collections.

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