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MD-242625
Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Large Cabinet, 17.9 x 9.8 x 6.5 cm
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A stunning, 9.0 cm, lustrous, brassy, compound pyrrhotite crystal beautifully and aesthetically rests amongst milky quartz needles on this outstanding large cabinet specimen from the Nikolaevskiy Mine at Dalnegorsk. A couple of smaller pyrrhotite crystals are a nice accent. The accompanying label from a Russian dealer indicates that the piece was mined in 1992, during the height of material coming from Dal'negorsk.