mineral general info

Arsenopyrite

Arsenopyrite on quartz

Origin: Kavalerovo, 65 km west of Dalnegorsk, Russia
ex. V. Pelepenko Collection

Sample size: 7.5 x 6 x 6 cm

Origin: Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Sample size: 10 x 6 x 4 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

Origin: Trepca, Kosovo, Serbia

Ex Tom Dwyer Collection

Sample size: 8.5 x 7 x 4.5 cm

A cluster of transparent glassy terminated undamaged quartz crystals, transparent and hosting metallic crystals of ferberite and arsenopyrite. The arsenopyrite measures to 14 mm in size; the ferberite crystals measure to 5 cm in height.

Origin: Yaoguangxian mine, near Chenzhou, Yizhang Co., Hunan Province, China

Sample size: 9 x 5 x 11 cm (top/2nd row), 5.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm (3rd/bottom row)

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens