Ilvaite with Sphalerite, Epidote, Arsenopyrite
specimen number:
3771022
location:
Second Soviet mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
description:
Superb combination thumbnail piece from this classic locality. Bright lustrous sharp crystals of ilvaite to 1.7 cm in height in a grouping with crystals of lustrous sphalerite to 1.1 cm. Minor epidote and arsenopyrite present as well. This is in great condition. Previous label notes that the specimen was acquired from a miner in Dal'negorsk in 1996. Mounted for display in a perky box and will ship as shown.
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