886g Cubic Pyrite Specimen from Spain

Aesthetic duel pyrite cube specimen from Spain.  These two amazingly formed pyrite cubes are intertwined and embedded in the natural host rock. A beautiful piece. This locality's limestone matrix can dissolve in water, so the specimens matrix needs to stay dry for these pyrite cubes to stay in place. 

• Locality: Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
  
• Measurement: Approx. 5.5" x 3.5"x 2.2"
  
• Weight: 886 grams

FYI: When mined, these pyrite cubes typically do not stay in place on the host rock unless buried deep within the matrix. Almost all of the on matrix pyrite specimens have been stabilized with some sort of epoxy or glue to keep the cubes in place. The pyrite and the host rock is all natural, so it is very common that many of these natural Spanish pyrite specimens have been reassembled, just as they were within the earth.