Sphalerite (classic locale) ex Wes Parker Coll.

Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England
Miniature, 5.1 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm
Start Time: 07/10/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/07/2010 6:33:41 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Sharp sphalerite crystals to 7 mm are jauntily set atop mounded, massive sphalerite on this showy specimen from this classic Cumbria locale. The field of sphalerite crystals are coated with iridescent chalcopyrite or bornite and copper oxides. Showy material from this historic, old-time mine from the Wes Parker Collection.

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