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Pyrite from Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania

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Striking clusters of pretty, pastel-purple, lightly frosted, lustrous and translucent amethyst crystals are very aesthetically scattered on the cabinet matrix plate covered with brilliant, brass-yellow, striated, pyrite pyritohedrons and iridescent, brassy chalcopyrite crystals. The amethyst crystals reach 5.0 cm - rare for this locality. This is a pristine, classic and beautiful, large combination specimen from the famous mines at Cavnic, Romania. Very little new material is coming from these historic mines. Ex. Brent Lockhart Collection.

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SizeCabinet
Dimensions10.5 x 9.5 x 6.0 cm
Added on10/23/2024

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Unknown Owner
Acquired
Aug 2024

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DateCollectorAcquisition price
—The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

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brilliant metallic luster, perfect cubes, and golden color; collectors prize affordable pieces to top specimens, with Navajún and Huanzala localities.
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Cavnic
Cavnic, Romania — storied European locality for rhodochrosite and varied parageneses (chalcopyrite on sphalerite, baryte, quartz), highly valued by collectors.