Sphalerite twins (classic locale) ex Zukowski Coll.

Trepca, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
Small Cabinet, 6.8 x 5.0 x 2.9 cm
Start Time: 01/02/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/06/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Splendent, twinned, jet-black sphalerite crystals with pronounced stepped-growth faces are aesthetically clustered on one end of this excellent specimen from this noted Balkan locality. The sphalerites are up to 2.0 cm and rest on a matrix of brass-yellow pyrite with galena and marcasite. Very fine combo sulfide ore material from this well-known district from the Zukowski Collection.

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