Sphalerite twins (old rare locale) ex Jaime Bird Coll.

Item Description

Splendent, jet-black, sphalerite twins cover the pyrite matrix of this showy, excellent and rare specimen from a very uncommon locale in Romania. Oradea is the capital of Bihor County, Romania and was part of Hungary prior to World War I. Periphery wear is noted to the pyrite matrix, but is a very modest detraction. The sphalerites are in excellent shape. Classic, rare, old-time material from the Jaime Bird Collection and comes with a faded Anton Berger label, well-known Austrian mineral dealers from the 1920s-1950s.