Detailed information
Species
Nagyagite, Rhodochrosite
Dimensions
47 x 70 x 20
mm
Locality
Sacarîmb (Nagyág) Deva, Hunedoara County Romania
Condition
No recorded repairs
Nagy'gite is a rare lead-antimony gold telluride, of which metallic steely-black crystalline plates are richly distributed throughout a matrix of micro-botryoidal pale pink Rhodochrosite. This remarkable specimen is from the type locality for Nagy'gite at S?c?r'mb (formerly Nagy'g), a spectacularly scenic town in the mountainous county of Hunedoara in Romania. A fabulously rich specimen of this rare gold-bearing mineral.