Sharp Arsenonpyrite Crystal Group

Sharp Arsenonpyrite Crystal Group from Huanggang Mines, Keshikeneng, Inner Mongolia A.R., China

Collection

Robert Lavinsky

Description

Cluster of sharp, lustrous Arsenopyrite crystals in a stacked formation of jagged edges associated with Ilvaite. An outstanding specimen from the recent finds in China, where the most fantastic examples of this mineral have been described. This specimen was photographed by Hershel Friedman in Rob Lavinsky's special exhibit of Chinese Minerals in the Flandrau Science Center in the University of Arizona, in Tucson 2013.

Locality

Huanggang Mines, Keshikeneng, Inner Mongolia A.R., China

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Photograph

Hershel Friedman

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