Galena on Fluorite (old classic & twinned)

Slitt Vein, West Blackdene Mine, Weardale, Durham, England
Cabinet, 11.9 x 5.4 x 4.4 cm
Start Time: 04/21/2016 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/28/2016 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Classic English fluorite, AND a classic English galena (more rare), together on one specimen. This piece presents an equant, modified cube of lustrous and metallic galena, 3 cm across, is perched high on twinned, glassy and translucent, pastel purple fluorite crystals, to 1.3 cm across. Very dramatic contrast makes this a great example of the classics from this mine! Old Scott Williams label.

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