Sphalerite (gemmy twins) with Galena and Quartz (rare locality)

Item Description

A showy and notably hard to find Sphalerite specimen from the Dongxiang Cu-polymetallic Deposit in China. This small cabinet sized piece hosts a few sharp, well-formed, gemmy, deep amber-honey colored twinned crystals of Sphalerite measuring up to 1.5 cm across, associated with little metallic grey cubic Galena sitting a layer of little Quartz crystals on matrix. No major damage, but there are some "rubs" so the piece is not completely pristine. The Sphalerites really glow with color when backlit. Keep in mind, this is a transparent sulfide species, which is fairly uncommon in nature (imagine something like Pyrite or Galena in transparent crystals) and when you find a specimen with such attractive crystals like this from a rare locality, it's certainly desirable and worthwhile. I'm told that there will not be more of these, so don't miss out if you collect sulfides or Chinese minerals.