Arsenopyrite

  
 
  
  
Quartz partially coated with fluorite and a cluster of large metallic blocky arsenopyrite crystals
  
Arsenopyrite with a broken quartz crystal in the center.
Origin: Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Pref., Hunan, China
Sample size: 9.3 x 6 x 5.2 cm (top), 28 x 21 x 26 mm (2nd/3rd row), 6.7 x 5.1 x 3.6 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Arsenopyrite on quartz
Origin: Chicote Grande mine, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Sample size: 7.5 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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