Galena with Dolomite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)

Item Description

Some of the best known specimens from Leadville are the famous sulfide association pieces from the famous Black Cloud Mine. This piece features several sharp, well-formed, lustrous, lead-grey colored cubic crystals of Galena measuring up to 1.8 cm associated with pearly white Dolomite rhombs sitting on black Sphalerite (Marmatite) matrix. A very showy and sculptural display quality miniature from this classic locality in Colorado. From the collection of Gary Weaver of Prescott, Arizona (1944-2019). Gary was an electrical engineer who worked for many years for Hughes Aircraft in California. After retiring to Prescott, Arizona in the early 2000s, Gary rekindled his childhood love of minerals, amassing a collection of roughly 2000 specimens focusing on localities in which he and his wife had lived or visited (Mexico, Peru and the western / southwestern United States). You can read Gary's obituary here https://www.dcourier.com/news/2019/apr/27/obituary-gary-richard-weaver/