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Twinned Chalcopyrite with Fluorite (excellent)
- Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
- Miniature, 4.8 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
- Start Time: 12/11/2010 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 12/16/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
a sharp, 2.0 cm, brillant brass-yellow, twinned chalcopyrite crystal with stepped-growth faces and very pretty iridescence is very aesthetically set on starkly contrasting quartz matrix. The chalcopyrite has textbook sphenoidal crystallization in addition to being twinned. The gemmy, transparent purple fluorites are a nice bonus. Chalcopyrites of this quality and in this combination with fluorite are rare from the famous Yaogangxian Mine.