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Sulfide Specimens: Sphalerite, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite
These hand picked beauties are from the Huaron Mine in Peru.
The quartz crystals are euhedral and water-clear; the pyrite
cubes, often striated, are brilliant. The sphalerite in these specimens
show the tetrahedral crystal habit. One specimen is tetrahedrite.
Largest Specimen, $315
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coolrox.com/minerals/sulfide_jan02_large.jpg 5" L x 4" W x 3" H, 3.5 lbs. Radiating quartz crystals on a bed of pyrite cubes and sphalerite. Excellent condition, only a few quartz crystals broken off at the base. |
Medium Specimens, $150
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This specimen has a stalactitic appearances with all sides of the sphalerite bed covered in radiating water-clear quartz crystals. A few of the quartz crystals have been broken off at the base, but does not detract from the quality of this specimen.
3.5" x 2.5" x 2.5"
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Photographed from the top, this specimen clearly shows intersecting pyrite cubes with an aggregate of sphalerite crystals and some large twinned sphalerites. There is a dense bed of small, water-clear quartz crystals at the front of this specimen.
2.5" x 2.5" x 1.5"
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This is a fairly large specimen with brilliant striated pyrite cubes with only a minor amount of quartz crystals, some of which are broken. It is the brilliant nature and large number of pyrite cubes that makes this piece exceptional!
3.5" x 3" x 2.5"
Small Specimens, $75
2" x 1.75" x 1.5"
Excellent, water-clear quartz crystals with tetragonal sphalerite and minor chalcopyrite. This is an awesome specimen, no damage.
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This showy piece features intersecting, brilliant, striated pyrite cubes with only a few clear quartz crystals.
2.5" x 2" x 1"coolrox.com/minerals/minerals/sulfide_jan02_clustermed2.jpg
Numerous water-clear quartz crystal 'flowers' growing from a bed of golden brown tetrahedrite.
2" x 1" x 1.25"
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updated January 19, 2002