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MD-221134
Calcite (Var: Manganoan Calcite), Pyrite
Chenzhong (?), Hunan Province, China
Small Cabinet, 8.0 x 6.9 x 4.0 cm
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This find was made a couple of years back in China, and is absolutely unique: glittery, golden pyrite microcrystals preferentially deposited on the edges of flattened, pastel-pink, manganoan calcite rhombs. The calcite rhombs reach 4.4 cm on this specimen. Some of the specimens had very sparse coverage of pyrite, just a salting, but here, it is richly carpeting the crystal edges.