Pyrrhotite, Galena, Quartz

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A classic and aesthetic combination specimen from the Nikolaevskiy Mine at Dal'negorsk. A 2.2 cm, tabular, mirror-bright, brassy pyrrhotite crystal is set between two, perpendicular, lustrous, metallic-gray, spinel-twinned galena crystals. This is a fantastic, complete-all-around piece. Interesting, stalk-like florets of quartz needles lie in front of both sides of the pyrrhotite crystal and beautifully accent the piece. Smaller galena spinel-twins, sphalerite and chalcopyrite comprise the rest of the matrix.