Pyrrhotite on Quartz

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Highly lustrous hexagonal crystals of pyrrhotite of the highest quality are rare in nature from ANY locality. These, from old 1980s finds in the former Soviet Union, are shown forming a brilliant, metallic, bronzy cluster atop well trimmed matrix of Quartz. At about 1 inch across, they are robust and in your face, making this a dramatic thumbnail of a species seldom represented in competitive TN displays! Complete all around, this sparkles from any direction. The crystals are unusually lustrous, mirror bright, and sharply edged... just a stunning specimen that is 1 in 1000, the kind of thumbnail Alex Schauss enjoyed chasing to bring a species into his broad collection.