Sphalerite with Quartz (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)

Item Description

The Camp Bird mine near Ouray, Colorado is one of the most classic of all the Colorado ore body localities. It is renowned for its superb sulfide specimens. This specimen features a few good quality, sharp, lustrous, jet-black crystals of Sphalerite up to 1.0 cm across sitting atop colorless, gemmy Quartz crystals. One of the Quartz crystals show a slight SCEPTER habit, which is very rare in my experience with this material. This is a nice representative Sphalerite from this most classic of San Juan localities. These pecies are impossible to obtain these days, and are regarded among Colorado collectors as some of the best from the state. This piece came to Rich Kosnar from noted Colorado collector, George Robertson.