Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Grossular Crystals | Drilled Core Sample | 81 Grams | Grasberg Open Pit Copper Mine, Indonesia | SO24 H4-5 Name: Schorl Tourmaline

Name:  Schorl Tourmaline

It has been given the names "Fairy Stone" or Fairy Cross" as it was believed to be formed from the tears the fairies shed when they learned of Christ's death

This is a high quality geode with outstanding

but you can see reflections from within the crystals

75x4 inches

Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Grossular Crystals | Drilled Core Sample | 81 Grams | Grasberg Open Pit Copper Mine, Indonesia | SO24 H4-5 Name: Schorl TourmalineThis is a fantastic crystallized chalcopyrite matrix core sample. The specimen is rounded with brassy chalcopyrite, pyrite and grossular crystals. The Grasberg mine has the single largest known gold reserve and the second largest copper reserves in the world. It is located 96km north of Timika, at Tembagapura in Irian Jaya the most easterly of Indonesias provinces on the western half of the island of New Guinea. The mine stands at the collision of the