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Pyrite on Sphalerite on Quartz

Unknown Owner
This cabinet specimen of Pyrite overgrowing Sphalerite on Quartz is beautifully aesthetic. As an added bonus, encircling its base, but not visible from the display face, is a broad band of light tan micro-acicular crystals of what appears to be a zeolite, possibly Stilbite. From St?'bro in the Plze? Region of Bohemia, Czech Republic, micro-crystals of cubic, light golden Pyrite with a brilliant, mirror-like lustre overgrow black Sphalerite crystals of 1 to 4 mm, also with a bright metallic lustre. This association covers at least one third of a drusy crystallised undulating bed of milky grey micro-crystals of Quartz. A showy specimen with fascinating morphology which comes with the previous collector's card label.

Product details

Species
Quartz, Sphalerite, PyriteAbout Quartz →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions9.1 x 6.8 x 5.0 cm
Added on10/24/2024
Locality
Czech Republic, Bohemia

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Unknown Owner$1,200.00
—Crystal ClassicsNot disclosed

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