Pyrite on Quartz

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This remote locality is REALLY HARD to collect at. Collectors must drop in by helicopter, rappel down, and collect off the precarious cliffs here. Thus, as you can imagine, good specimens are few and far between. My old mentor, in fact, collected here often and told me firsthand often enough how hard it is to get anything good here. This specimen is an outstanding example of the classic combo you would dream of finding, though - a SHARP, razor-edged pyrite cube perched dramatically in the center of a nest of undamaged quartz points. And, its on matrix of pyrite, as well! The pyrite association with quartz is what made this palce famous and worth the trouble of going to - and the stark contrast of both form and color is among the more striking combinations in minerals. This is a superior small cab at a fair price, in my opinion.