1.5\" Shiny Brassy Gold PYRITE Penetrating Twin Crystals Navajun Spain for sale
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1.5\" Shiny Brassy Gold PYRITE Penetrating Twin Crystals Navajun Spain for sale:
$65.00
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1.5\" Shiny Brassy Gold PYRITE
Penetrating Twin Crystals - Navajun, Spain
for sale
$65.00
Size:
1.5\" x 1.5\" x 1.2\"
Shipping weight:
0.7 pounds
Condition:
Excellent
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Navajun pyrite is renowned for its sharp, nearly perfect cubic crystals. The cubes are twins, so they appear to have grown into each other. The crystals on this piece feature smooth, bright crystal faces that act like flashing mirrors. The crystal edges are razor sharp, and the corners are almost all perfect.
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Miniature sized, 1.5\" specimen
Very sharp
twinned crystals
100% natural cubic crystals
Brilliant, flashy luster.
Razor sharp edges and corners
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Locality
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Penetrating cubes of golden PYRITE (also known as fool\'s gold) are one of the most highly treasured finds from Mina Amplicacion a Vitoria in Navajun, La Rioja, Spain. Navajun is a true classic mineral locality which has produced superb specimens for decades. Most of the clusters from Navajun are contact twins, but this is one of the rare true penetrating twins that are occasionally found.
The most common question people ask about these Spanish pyrites is, \"You mean they came out of the ground just like that?\" The answer: Yup! And I know for sure, because I found this specimen myself in July, 2013 when I had the opportunity to collect at the mine for three exciting, top-of-the-bucket-list days. After having said the words \"amazing,\" \"incredible,\" \"astonishing,\" \"mind blowing,\" etc. hundreds of times in 3 days I just ran out of words that are adequate to describe what I was finding. I guess you will just have to see it yourself to believe it.
Mineralogy
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Pyrite is the classic \"Fool\'s Gold\". There are other shiny brassy yellow minerals, but pyrite is by far the most common and the most often mistaken for gold. Whether it is the golden look or something else, pyrite is a favorite among rock collectors. It can have a beautiful luster and interesting crystals. It is so common in the earth\'s crust that it is found in almost every possible Environment, hence it has a vast number of forms and varieties.
Bravoite is the name given to a nickel-rich iron sulfide. It is closely related to pyrite but contains up to 20% nickel. Some mineral books treat it as a variety of pyrite.
Pyrite is a polymorph of marcasite, which means that it has the same chemistry, FeS2, as marcasite; but a different structure and therefore different symmetry and crystal shapes. Pyrite is difficult to distinguish from marcasite when a lack of clear indicators exists.
Pyrite\'s structure is analogous to galena\'s structure with a formula of PbS. Galena though has a higher symmetry. The difference between the two structures is that the single sulfur of galena is replaced by a pair of sulfurs in pyrite. The sulfur pair are covalently bonded together in essentially an elemental bond. This pair disrupts the four fold symmetry that a single atom of sulfur would have preserved and thus gives pyrite a lower symmetry than galena.
Although pyrite is common and contains a high percentage of iron, it has never been used as a significant source of iron. Iron oxides such as hematite and magnetite, are the primary iron ores. Pyrite is not as ecomonical as these ores possibly due to their tendency to form larger concentrations of more easily mined material. Pyrite would be a potential source of iron if these ores should become scarce.
Pyrite has been mined for its sulfur content though. During WWII, sulfur was in demand as a strategic chemical and North American native sulfur mines were drying up. A sulfide deposit near Ducktown Tenn. was found to be able to mine pyrite and other sulfides such as pyrrhotite and pentlandite and produce the needed sulfur as well as iron and other metals. The sulfur was used in the production of sulfuric acid, an important chemical for industrial purposes. Now most sulfur production comes from H2S gas recovered from natural gas wells.
Metaphysics
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People interested in metaphysics and crystal healing tell us that pyrite is one of the most protective stones in use today. It can shield one from many types of negative energy. It is also an excellent healing stone, and as a representative of the sun\'s golden energy it can help one to see through facades.
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1.5\" Shiny Brassy Gold PYRITE Penetrating Twin Crystals Navajun Spain for sale:
$65.00