Navajun,La Rioja Province, Spain
Dimensions
Largest Cube 17.5mm.
Block Longest measurement
6"/150mm x 5.5"/140mm overall height on acrylic stand
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Cuboids of Iron Pyrite - NA0040 |
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Description
Extraordinarily Forming Iron Pyrite, naturally formed cubes, which amazingly grow in remarkable geometric patterns, here clusters of cascading cuboids on original matrix bedrock
Good large cubes on authentic, original matrix block these cubes in matrix are becoming more scarce. The best examples of cubic pyrite is from the Navajun region of Spain
the specimen cuboids are often sharp, clear of matrix and mirror finished, as here.
A startling display specimen.
Brief Iron pyrite history
Pyrite is estimated to be 120-130 Millions Years Old, and formed under the same geological environment of the Jurassic sediments. Iron Pyrite is hard, yet very fragile mineral, therefore extraction of any specimens from the mines is conducted by hand. Pyrite from this region was discovered in the 1960s.
Technical Name
Iron Pyrite
Informal Name
Fools Gold
Other Nomenclature
Pyrite, Pyrites, Chispa, Iron Sulfide, Pyritohedron, Leber Pyrites, Sideropyrite, Lebereisener, Svovl Kis, Marcasites, Xantho Pyrites, Schwefelkies, Schwefelkies, Kaltschedan, Vitriolkies, Lebereisenerz, Golden cubic crystals
Forms and Varieties
Single Pyrite cube / Pyrite Cubes, Pyrite Pyritohedron, Mass of Pyrite crystals, Pyrite Dollars, Intergrown cubic Pyrite twins
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