History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites
History of Science and Technology, Including Fossils, Minerals and Meteorites
A CLUSTER OF PYRITE CUBES
Auction Closed
December 17, 08:56 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A CLUSTER OF PYRITE CUBES
NAVAJUN MINA, SPAIN
(41 cm in height). Presented in a custom vitrine.
Pyrite, commonly known in English as "Fool's Gold", is an iron sulfide with a metallic lustre and pale-gold hue, leading the untrained eye to mistake it for gold. The primary deposits of pyrite are found in Peru, however the Navajun mine in Spain, discovered in 1960, is the only one where cube-shaped pyrite crystals are found. Formed 130,000,000 years ago, dinosaur fossils are often found in rocks in the region.