Arsenopyrite

  
Arsenopyrite with ferberite and muscovite
Origin: Yaoguangxian mine, Yizhang Co., Hunan Province, China
Sample size: arsenopyrite crystals to 12 mm, 5.5 x 4 x 4.5 cm cluster of lustrous black ferberite crystals
 
Arsenopyrite with galena
Origin: San Antonio mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Sample size: 19 x 19 x 21 mm
 
  
Origin: San Antonio mine, East Camp Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
ex Scott Werschky
Sample size: 28 x 11 x 20 mm
 
  
Origin: Quiruvilca district, Santiago de Chuco province, La Libertad Department, Peru
Sample size: 25 x 22 x 27 mm
 
  
Arsenopyrite with fluorite
  
Arsenopyrite with quartz
Origin: Yaoguangxian mine, Hunan Province, China
Sample size: 6.5 x 3 x 3.5 cm (top), 8.2 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm (bottom)
 
  
Arsenopyrite on quartz
Origin: Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Sample size: 5.3 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Quartz with bladed crystals of arsenopyrite
Origin: Cornwall, Great Britain
Sample size: 7.35 x 5.5 x 4 cm
 
     
This specimen is mostly crystalline arsenopyrite with scattered crystals of quartz and pyrite also. The crystals are slightly curved but complete.
Origin: Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico
Sample size: 3.7 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

 
  
Arsenopyrite on muscovite
Origin: Yaoganxian Mine, Hunan Province, China
Sample size: 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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