Pyrrhotite with Quartz

specimen number:
2063857

location:
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

description:
A floater grouping of semi lustrous golden sharp pseudo-hexagonal pyrrhotite crystals, this with minor quartz. From the early to mid 1990s. The specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Ray DeMark. In very good condition all around.

The Nikolaevskiy Mine, located in the Dalnegorsk ore district of Primorskiy Kray, Russia, opened in 1982 and remains an active underground operation focused on polymetallic extraction. Geologically, the deposit is hosted within deformed Triassic-Jurassic limestone and skarn systems associated with Late Cretaceous volcanism. Hydrothermal activity formed extensive vugs and cavities within the carbonate rocks, creating ideal spaces for the crystallization of world-class sulfide and gangue mineral assemblages, including spectacular galena, sphalerite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, quartz, and fluorite.

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