Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Specularite & Pyrite

Views:
Watches:
MNT784565

Specularite & Pyrite

ex Bergdirektor Friedrich Wilhelm Rüping, Zinnwald (GER)
Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Waldenstein Hematite Mine, Wolfsberg, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Old time classic from Austria: hematite var specularite intergrown with pyrite, comes with the label and description of Bergdirektor Friedrich Wilhelm Rüping from Zinnwald. The last lines read: "Der Eisenglanzstock ist 40 m mächtig, darin häufig große Schwefelkies xx aufgefunden". Translates roughly to: the specularite orebody measures 40 m, inside often large pyrite crystals were found.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Specularite

Variety Of: 

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Colour: 
Silvery

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps

Seller's terms and conditions

Terms & Conditions

Thank you for your interest in my offers! Payment is possible via Paypal, bank transfer or cash if you pick up the item(s) personally. Bank data will be provided after settling the auction/transaction(s) if needed.

In case you are not happy with a specimen, you may send it back within 4 weeks. After receipt, i will refund the price minus shipping costs. Please inform me before sending an item back. If you have any questions (or maybe complaints) please feel free to contact me.

Best regards Roger