Arsenopyrite

  
  
 
  
Arsenopyrite with quartz
  
Origin: Yaogangxian mine, near Chenzhou, Yizhang Co., Hunan Province, China
Sample size: 6.5 x 3.5 x 6 cm (top/2nd row), 9 x 6.5 x 3 cm (3rd row), 3.5 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm (bottom)
 
  
  
Arsenopyrite with calcite
Origin: La Noria mine, San Martin de Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico
Sample size: 3.5 x 3 x 5.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Stari Trg Mine, Trepča complex, Trepča valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro
Sample size: 4 x 4.5 x 3 cm
 
Origin: Panasqueira, Portugal
Sample size: 27 x 16 x 29 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
  
Specimen with sharp arsenopyrite crystals to 1 cm and also an exceptionally rich "nest" of silvery acicular jamesonite crystals on the other side - all perched on massive sphalerite.
Origin: Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Gary Hansen collection
Sample size: 13.2 x 8.3 x 7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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