Peruvian Pyrite Cluster - SOLD 2.40" glyptodon Each style features hand-selected Egyptian

Each style features hand-selected Egyptian faience beads dating to the 1st Millennia BCE

please be careful while handling

The body plan of the animal has been preserved in beautiful detail

acquired at auction in 2016

Peruvian Pyrite Cluster - SOLD 2.40" glyptodon Each style features hand-selected EgyptianBetter 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. 40". 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