Rainbow Pyrite Concretion

Rainbow Pyrite Concretion from Volga River near Ulyanovsk, Ulyanovsk Oblast', Russia

Collection

John Betts - Fine Minerals

Description

Large gray spherical concretion with one side exposed to reveal the internal shrinkage fractures that are lined with iridescent Pyrite microcrystals. Commonly sold as Rainbow Pyrite because of the iridescence that ranges is orange, yellow, blue, green.

Locality

Volga River near Ulyanovsk, Ulyanovsk Oblast', Russia

Dimensions

13 x 12 x 10 cm.


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