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MD-57283
Pyrrhotite, Galena
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Small Cabinet, 8.9 x 5.4 x 4.1 cm
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A diamond-shaped pyrrhotite crystal sticks edge-wise out of a matrix of smaller pyrrhotites, galena crystals and coated quartz crystals. The pyrrhotite measures 3 cm, and is bright and brassy. Its form is quite unusual - it IS hexagonal, but four of the sides are very long, while the other two are extremely short. 8.9 x 5.4 x 4.1cm