Galena with Calcite (Jaime Bird Coll.)

Item Description

Fine galena specimens from the Southern Illinois Fluorite District are not all that common. This excellent large cube has good luster with battleship-gray color. The crystal faces are strikingly enhanced by the "fortification" structures, lustrous, cream-colored calcite crystals and even a couple of tiny, gemmy, rubyjack sphalerites on one side. The cube displays very well. The two cleaved faces are out of sight and the partially contacted face is a very modest detraction. Ex Jaime Bird Collection and according his label, it was obtained in a trade in 1972. Classic, fine and hard-to-get material.