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Sphalerite with Calcite
- Salem, Washington Co., Indiana
- Large Cabinet, 18.9 x 15.2 x 12.2 cm
- Start Time: 02/05/2009 8:15:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 02/12/2009 8:12:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
This is a very large, gaping pocket lined with sharp dogtooth crystals of calcite, upon which sit sharp crystals of sphalerite measuring to 1.5 cm. They are quite dramatic in their isolation on the contrasting stark white calcites. This showy piece is from mining in 1979.