Peruvian Pyrite Cluster - SOLD 2.26" surfite Diogenites "Tatahouine"

Diogenites "Tatahouine"

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73" pyritized fossil slab of an Iguanodon from the Weald Clay deposits on the Isle of Wight

Peruvian Pyrite Cluster - SOLD 2.26" surfite Diogenites "Tatahouine"Better known as Fool's Gold, pyrite is an iron sulfide compound with a gold like appearance, hence its nickname. Unlike gold however, pyrite often forms in cubic crystals, an expression of the mineral's cube shaped atomic structure. This specimen is a Peruvian Pyrite Cluster, measuring 2. 26". It might not be worth its weight in gold, but this mineral has been valued since prehistory when pyrite was used as a fire starter by Neanderthals and our other