Peruvian Pyrite Cluster - SOLD 1.93" rockinaboxdendrite allowing them to swallow prey

allowing them to swallow prey whole

Lugato's assistance in identifying and securing this specimen so that we can share it with the world

Mini Museum's material comes from one of these 1973 bricks

This specimen is a pyritized fossil piece of an iguanodon from the Weald Clay deposits on the Isle of Wight

Peruvian Pyrite Cluster - SOLD 1.93" rockinaboxdendrite allowing them to swallow preyBetter 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 1. 93". 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