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Group of very individualized crystals of striated faces and a high luster, with acute prismatic crystals of Quartz. Very esthetic.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department Peru
Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.44” × 2.20” × 1.65”

SV110TTV: Pyrite with Quartz and Calcite

Group of very sharp and shiny Pyrite crystals showing cube and pentadodecahedron faces, some with marked striations, together with groups of water-clear Quartz crystals arranged in divergent habit. The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world, and for many years it provided, and still provides, exceptional pieces of sulphides, as shown by this specimen that comes from the Ferat Voca collection.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2000-2021)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.2 × 5.4 cm = 3.31” × 2.83” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

TGG46AO5: Pyrite with Quartz and Calcite

Group of very sharp Pyrite crystals, shiny and with a very uniform iridescence of bronze tones, lustrous, on matrix, associated with Quartz crystals and small lenticular rhombohedral Calcite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2000-2021)
Specimen size: 10.7 × 6 × 3.5 cm = 4.21” × 2.36” × 1.38”

EAF46CD1: Pyrite with Quartz and carbonates

Small but fine. From the enormous amount of material that continually arrives from China there are always little things that attract attention, like this Pyrite with crystallographically complex crystals, well placed in their matrix.
Tongling Prefecture, Anhui Province China (2023)
Specimen size: 4 × 3.2 × 4.4 cm = 1.57” × 1.26” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

EAE56CD1: Pyrite with Quartz and carbonates

Small but fine. From the enormous amount of material that continually arrives from China there are always little things that attract attention, like this Pyrite with crystallographically complex crystals, well placed in their matrix.
Tongling Prefecture, Anhui Province China (2023)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.81” × 1.46” × 0.71”

TQ96J3: Pyrite with Quartz and Sphalerite

Exceptionally complex crystals, very rich in faces, very bright, implanted on a druse of Quartz and partially covered by Sphalerite. In this case the Sphalerite is very fluorescent, which is uncommon. We analyzed it and the result shows that the Sphalerite is manganese rich, so that could be the reason for its fluorescence. We'll send this analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department Peru
Specimen size: 10.9 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm = 4.29” × 2.56” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 3.3 cm = 1.42” × 1.30”

TD27AE9: Pyrite with Quartz and Tetrahedrite

Aggregate of complex Pyrite crystals formed by a dominant cube and two pyritohedra plus some other minor forms, and with small coatings of very sharp Tetrahedrite crystals and clear Quartz crystals. Such a rich morphology is unusual for Pyrite from this locality.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department Peru (02/2016)
Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.7 × 5.3 cm = 3.07” × 2.64” × 2.09”

NB47AL9: Pyrite with Quartz, Calcite-Dolomite and Muscovite

Pyrites with diverse morphologies that range from crystals with a hexahedral habit to flattened ones and even crystals finely perpendicular to each other and with a very elongated aspect. On matrix with Quartz and Calcite-Dolomite crystals and leafy Muscovite aggregates. The specimen is from a very recent find in Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Region Portugal (07-08/2020)
Specimen size: 10.5 × 8.7 × 5.6 cm = 4.13” × 3.43” × 2.20”

ET76G6: Pyrite with Quartz, Rhodochrosite and Sphalerite

From Trepča, one of the most classic localities, comes this very original Pyrite, harmoniously escorted by Quartz, Rhodochrosite and Sphalerite. The crystallography of the Pyrite is very particular with an irregular growth of the crystals forming groups, some of them very aerial.
Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo
Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.5 × 6 cm = 3.66” × 2.56” × 2.36”

EK57B7: Pyrite with Siderite

Pretty Pyrite, very brilliant. Icositetrahedral crystals, so more complex than the normal ones.
A photograph of this specimen is on the page 202 of the book "Earth Science" (4th edition) published by BJU.
Tres Cruces, Municipio Potosí, Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Department Bolivia (1999)
Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.2 cm = 3.82” × 2.44”

AE36N4: Pyrite with Siderite

Very aerial growth of octahedral crystal with diploid faces, unusual for Pyrite. The matrix of the piece is two lenticular crystals of Siderite.
Tres Cruces, Potosí Bolivia (1999)
Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.6 × 3.1 cm = 2.09” × 1.02” × 1.22”

TM63H4: Pyrite with Siderite

It comes from the unique find of high quality cubic Pyrite at this locality, now closed. The specimen shows a perfect development of cubic crystals, free of damage, very bright and partially covered with small crystals of Siderite.
Turt Mine, Turt, Negresti-Oas, Oas Mountains, Satu Mare Romania (2005)
Specimen size: 9 × 8 × 2 cm = 3.54” × 3.15” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.51”

TB67AN2: Pyrite with Siderite and Sphalerite

Group of equant Pyrite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, lustrous, on a Sphalerite matrix with small Siderite crystals. Higher quality than most similar pieces from the same area.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures Romania
Specimen size: 6.9 × 4 × 3 cm = 2.72” × 1.57” × 1.18”

TBD26AO4: Pyrite with Sphalerite

Floater group with two flattened crystals, in which the crystal forms of the positive and negative pyritohedron coincide, shiny, with fine growth striations and small Sphalerite crystals that curiously grow only in the areas where the crystals join. We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department Peru
Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.98” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.51”

EMF96AO1: Pyrite with Sphalerite

Floater group of complex Pyrite crystals, with the dominant shapes of the cube, the pyritohedron and the octahedron, lustrous and with small equant Sphalerite crystals. A high-quality specimen from a very classic Italian locality for the species, but from which there are not many specimens of such quality.
Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany Italy
Specimen size: 13.3 × 8.7 × 8.3 cm = 5.24” × 3.43” × 3.27”

EF86AG3: Pyrite with Sphalerite and Calcite

Aggregate of Pyrite crystals with the dominant forms of the cube and dodecahedron and small octahedral faces. They are on matrix and bordered by white botryoidal Calcite growths and Sphalerite (marmatite variety) crystals. Different from the usual from this mine.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (1994-2002)
Specimen size: 7 × 6.2 × 3.4 cm = 2.76” × 2.44” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.59” × 0.28”

SV2170TMB: Pyrite with Sphalerite and Calcite

Group of very shiny cubic Pyrite crystals with deep golden reflections, with striations on the faces and intergrown in a matrix formed by a crystalline mass of Sphalerite that shows well-developed and twinned crystals, very lustrous, on the front face of the specimen. It is adorned by flattened lenticular crystals of Calcite, mainly as ridges at the top of the piece. The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years has yielded exceptional pieces of Sphalerite, as well as varied combinations of sulfides and carbonates as shown in this specimen, from the ex-Ferat Voca collection.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2000-2021)
Specimen size: 10.4 × 7.1 × 4.3 cm = 4.09” × 2.80” × 1.69”

TC170GR: Pyrite with Sphalerite and Calcite

Druse of pyritohedral Pyrite crystals with polycrystalline growths, small groups of Sphalerite and white Calcite coatings.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department Peru
Specimen size: 7 × 5.8 × 4.8 cm = 2.76” × 2.28” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

EB96AJ0: Pyrite with Sphalerite and Quartz

Twinned Sphalerite crystals with polycrystalline growths. They are on matrix with Pyrite crystals and groups of clear Quartz crystals. It is from an “impossible” locality where it is very difficult to obtain anything decent nowadays.
Rodna Mountains, Maramures Romania (1970-1980)
Specimen size: 12.4 × 8.5 × 10.7 cm = 4.88” × 3.35” × 4.21”

ETX16AP0: Pyrite with Sulphur

A floater and very aerial group of very sharp Pyrite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a slightly flattened shape and an unusually brilliant luster. With the Pyrite there are small Sulphur crystals with a slightly greenish yellow color. This very aesthetic specimen is from a classic Italian locality for the species, but from which there are not many high quality specimens.
Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany Italy
Specimen size: 3.6 × 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.42” × 1.18” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.10” × 0.91”

SM190TF: Pyrite with Tennantite-(Fe) and Sphalerite

Two Pyrite crystals, very shiny and on matrix, with gray Tennantite-(Fe) crystals and partially covered by black Sphalerite crystals.
Mundo Nuevo mining area, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad Department Peru (11/2015)
Specimen size: 16.2 × 12 × 6 cm cm = 6.38” × 4.72” × 2.36”

21TRM12: Pyrite, Calcite

Two generations of Pyrite crystals, an older generation of shiny crystals of cubic habit, one of them clearly dominant in the center, with marked curvatures on the edges and polycrystalline growths, and that has been partly covered by a tapestry of Calcite crystals with a fine outer layer of bluish tones. The second generation of Pyrite crystals has a much more vivid color and golden reflections, deposited on the limestone, with the crystals being smaller than those of the first generation. The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years produced exceptional specimens of Sphalerite as well as various combinations of sulphides and carbonates, as shown in this specimen from the former collection of Ferat Voca.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2000-2021)
Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.5 × 5.4 cm = 3.43” × 2.56” × 2.13”

1M13: Pyrite, Calcite

Rhombohedral Calcite crystals aggregate, completely upholstered by a layer of bright pyrite crystals. A second generation of Calcite crystals has been deposited on the Pyrite layer offering a good color contrast.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2000-2005)
Specimen size: 14.0 × 11.6 × 3.0 cm = 5.51” × 4.57” × 1.18”

2V10: Pyrite, Calcite, Dolomite

Octahedral Pyrite crystal, with sharp faces and edges and slightly rounded vertices, rusty appearance, implanted in Dolomite matrix and accompanied by small Calcite crystals.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Haute-Ariège, Foix, Ariège Department, Occitanie France
Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.77” × 1.50” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

16MF13: Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz

A cubic Pyrite crystal implanted on matrix, with marked striations on the cube faces, partially covered by small iridescent Chalcopyrite crystals and associated with druses of sharp, water-clear Quartz crystals, all on matrix. The Pyrite crystal is arranged in the center of the piece and in an aerial manner. It comes from a classic mining district that began extracting sulphides in the 14th century.
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures Romania
Specimen size: 11.5 × 7.0 × 3.0 cm = 4.53” × 2.76” × 1.18”

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