Hey dear Hive community, first of all I would like to welcome you all to my contribution and hope you had a day full of positive experiences! In my new post, I would like to bring a mineral a little closer and hope you can expand your knowledge.
Today I had the opportunity to photograph a wonderful specimen of Arsenopyrite which is relatively common, but this always varies depending on the location. Arsenopyrite belongs to the mineral class of sulfides and it is a rock that is due to hydrothermal origin and for the first time it was named in the 19th century by the mineralogist Ernst Friedrich Glocker (1793 - 1858), who had thought of the Greek words arsenik贸s for male and pyr for fire when naming it. From an industrial point of view, it is a coveted ore that is used for the extraction of iron and arsenic acid and some specimens also contain gold, which makes it even more lucrative as an ore. Otherwise, from an industrial point of view, there are few areas of application and it is also rather unsuitable for the production of jewelry and particularly interesting in collectors circles, here it should be noted that it is toxic due to the arsenic and should be kept closed. The crystals often tend to form twins or triplets and it has a shiny appearance and the best-known places of discovery worldwide include China, Egypt, France, USA, England or Africa.
Many thanks for stopping by and I hope you like my new entry! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens!
