Description: Early use of the word marcasite seems to have been unspecific. The word is Arabic or Moorish and was applied to pyrite and similar metallic bronze colored minerals.Walter Pope (1665) mentioned marcasite occurring in the mercury ores of the Idria Mine, Cividale del Friuli in the Julian Alps of Slovenia: "There are also several Marcasites and stones, which seem to have specks of Gold in them, but upon trial they say, they find none in them. These round stones are some of them very ponderous, and well impregnated with Mercury; others light, having little or none in them."The mercury ore at Idria does contain metallic golden specks of what is now called marcasite, but it also has metallic golden pyrite. Johnathan Hill used the name marcasite in 1771, but his usage was also indiscriminate and was a term for any massive "pyrites" or "mundic". In 1845, Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger defined marcasite as the mineral is known today.
Price: 34.99 USD
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
End Time: 2025-01-02T20:07:49.000Z
Shipping Cost: 1.5 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Transparency: Transparent
Gemstone Color: Bi-Color/Multicolor
Gemstone Type: Marcasite
Number of Pieces: 1
Cut Grade: Excellent
Item Length: 14 mm
Gemstone Shape: Cushion
Item Depth: 6mm
Certification: none
Vintage: No
Gemstone Treatment: Not Enhanced
Brand: Gemsminas
Gemstone Form: Polished
Gemstone Clarity Grade: Moderately Included
Country/Region of Manufacture: Brazil
Unit Quantity: 1
Country of Origin: Brazil
Item Width: 18 mm
Wholesale: Yes
