Spinel-twinned Galena (rare for locale) ex Jaime Bird Coll.

Item Description

Splendent, metallic-gray, spinel-twinned, galena crystals richly cover the super-sparkly matrix of microcrystalline pyrite, galena, sphalerite and quartz on this showy and rare specimen from the famous Alimon Mine at Huaron. Spinel-twinned galena is very rare from this noted locale and this is a good one. The twinned crystals reach 1.3 cm and have nifty stepped-growth or a rippled look, which is distinctive to Alimon Mine galenas. Ex Jaime Bird Collection and surely from the heyday of the 1970s to early 1980s production.