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Sphalerite, Quartz & Calcite (rare) Fioravanti Coll.
- Seravezza Quarries, Apuan Alps, Lucca Prov., Tuscany, Italy
- Small Cabinet, 6.5 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm
- Start Time: 03/03/2013 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 03/07/2013 6:41:21 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Sphalerite combination specimens of this richness and high quality are rare from these well-known Italian quarries. Splendent, twinned, jet-black sphalerites to 1.3 cm are attractively intermixed with glassy quartz points and small complex calcite rhombs. Ex Giancarlo Fioravanti Colllection and obtained in an exchange with Rome Geological Museum in 1967.