Galena, Siderite & Quartz (old classic)

Item Description

Neudorf galena and siderite specimens are an old-time, desirable European classic. A razor-sharp, isolated galena crystal of classic cuboctahedral Neudorf form, 1.3 cm across, sitting on brilliantly lustrous golden, rhombic siderite crystals on quartz. A showy and excellent combination classic. These date to the 1800s, and are among the most famous, and rare, of the classic cenrtal European minerals from the tim ewhen nobility gave these things as gifts to one another, and mineralogy was being founded based on such examples. valued $750-1000