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MA26R9: Sphalerite with Quartz and Calcite

Complex crystals of Sphalerite, very rich in faces, transparent and having excellent color and luster. They are on a matrix of microcrystalline Quartz and are with rhombohedral crystals of Calcite.
Kangjianwan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province China (2009)
Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.4 × 3.2 cm = 3.46” × 2.91” × 1.26”
Price: [SOLD]

TC47Q6: Sphalerite with Quartz and Galena

Parallel growth with a prominent tetrahedral-face, aerial and sharp, with very well defined faces and edges and an excellent luster. The matrix is especially rich in small crystals of Quartz and cube-octahedral crystals of Galena.
Borieva Mine, Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast Bulgaria (2008)
Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.42” × 0.94” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.67”
Price: [SOLD]

DC96H1: Sphalerite with Quartz and Galena

The crystal has excellent color and transparency and clearly shows the formation of the Spinel twin, which is defined by the numerous entrant angles. Its centered position on the matrix of Quartz crystals, with darker zones of Galena, is especially esthetic.
Kangjianwan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province China (2004)
Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.2 × 3 cm = 2.95” × 2.05” × 1.18”
Price: [SOLD]

NRM29AO0: Sphalerite with Quartz and Siderite

Sphalerite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, in which the forms of the tetrahedron and the polysynthetic twinning typical of this species predominate. On matrix, with fine, very lustrous, water-clear Quartz crystals and small groups of brown rhombohedral Siderite crystals. Very fine and elegant piece.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.73” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.87”
Price: [SOLD]

ETM48AO9: Sphalerite with Quartz, Calcite and Galena

A novelty at Sainte Marie 2022 Group of sharp twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and an intense reddish orange. On matrix, with cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena and white Calcite crystals.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China (12/2021)
Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.3 × 3 cm = 2.24” × 1.30” × 1.18”
Price: [SOLD]

FE16G6: Sphalerite with Quartz, Fluorite and Chalcopyrite

A wall of Quartz crystals with some curious and recrystallized tips giving shelter to rounded Sphalerite. Jan Buma, on his record card, gives the mineral as Stannite. We had doubts, so we analyzed them and the result was they really are Sphalerite. We also emphasize the cubic crystals of Fluorite on the piece - nearly uncolored but with little brush-strokes of intense blue.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China (±2003)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.5 × 7 cm = 3.31” × 2.56” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: (Sphalerite) 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 0.00” × 0.63”
Price: [SOLD]

SM390TDT: Sphalerite with Quartz, Galena and Chalcopyrite

Druse of twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, on matrix, with small Quartz and Galena crystals and small Chalcopyrite twins. An American classic from a locality from which it is currently very difficult to get specimens.
Commodore Mine, Creede District, Mineral County, Colorado USA
Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.8 × 4.9 cm = 2.52” × 1.89” × 1.93”
Price: [SOLD]

MV29AG9: Sphalerite with Quartz, Pyrite and Galena

Very sharp and twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are very bright and are on matrix with small Quartz and Pyrite crystals, and colorless very clear Fluorite crystals. The shape of this Sphalerite is quite different than other Sphalerites from this mine.
Naica Mine, Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua Mexico
Specimen size: 11.5 × 6.3 × 6 cm = 4.53” × 2.48” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.9 cm = 0.98” × 0.75”
Price: €380 / US$410 / ¥56820 / AUD$610

EK26N8: Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite

Complex crystals of deep honey color. Of a considerable size for the locality, they are on a matrix partially coated by Rhodochrosite.
Mina Santa Rita, 4300 m.↑, Morococha, Yauli, Junín Peru (21/06/2007)
Specimen size: 11.6 × 7.7 × 5.9 cm = 4.57” × 3.03” × 2.32”
Price: [SOLD]

EL86P4: Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite

Group on matrix of complex, twinned crystals that have a dark honey color and stand up on a rich growth of microcrystals of Rhodochrosite of very clear color.
Santa Rita Mine, →4300 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department Peru (21/06/2007)
Specimen size: 21.5 × 11.8 × 5 cm = 8.46” × 4.65” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.51”
Price: [SOLD]

ME27AE4: Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite and plumosite

Aggregate of very sharp Sphalerite (marmatite variety) crystals with a very well defined spinel law twin. They have an intense black color and are very bright and partially coated by botryoidal Rhodochrosite with a mossy Boulangerite/Jamesonite (plumosite variety) aggregate. The sample is from a relatively recent find in Trepča.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2015)
Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.8 × 2.7 cm = 3.03” × 1.89” × 1.06”
Price: [SOLD]

ET27AE4: Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Galena and Arsenopyrite

Very sharp Sphalerite (marmatite variety) crystals with a very well defined spinel law twin. They have an intense black color and are very bright, partially coated by botryoidal Rhodochrosite with small Arsenopyrite crystals and a base of Galena with small Pyrites. The sample is from a relatively recent find in Trepča.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2015)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.8 × 4.7 cm = 2.56” × 1.89” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.98”
Price: [SOLD]

ER27AE4: Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Galena and Arsenopyrite

Aggregate of very sharp Sphalerite (marmatite variety) crystals with a very well defined spinel law twin. They have an intense black color and are very bright and partially coated by botryoidal Rhodochrosite with small Arsenopyrite crystals and a base of Galena with small Pyrites The sample is from a relatively recent find in Trepča.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2015)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.4 × 4.2 cm = 2.56” × 1.73” × 1.65”
Price: [SOLD]

EZ86AE7: Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite, Quartz and Pyrite

Very sharp Sphalerite (marmatite variety) crystals with a very well defined spinel law twin. They have an intense black color and are very bright, partially coated by botryoidal Rhodochrosite and on matrix with small Quartz crystals. The sample is from a relatively recent find in Trepča.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2015)
Specimen size: 10.7 × 7.8 × 3.4 cm = 4.21” × 3.07” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”
Price: [SOLD]

NVA13AN9: Sphalerite with Siderite

Twinned crystals of Sphalerite with very sharp and extraordinarily lustrous crystal forms, on a matrix covered by rhombohedral Siderite crystals. Very unusual for the locality. This specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (number 775) whose label we will send to the buyer.
San Valentín open pit, Sancti Espíritu, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain (2012)
Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.38” × 0.87”
Price: €80 / US$86 / ¥11960 / AUD$120

EC86AL4: Sphalerite with Siderite

Group of twinned Sphalerite crystals, very well defined, with good luster and partially covered by light brown spherulitic-botryoidal Siderite.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2014)
Specimen size: 9.1 × 5.4 × 3.3 cm = 3.58” × 2.13” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 0.91” × 0.55”
Price: [SOLD]

TP27AE2: Sphalerite with Siderite

Aggregate of complex equant Sphalerite crystals that are extraordinarily transparent and bright, with a very intense color and a vivid inner “fire.” On a matrix of very pale cream tabular Siderite crystals.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France
Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.38” × 0.87”
Price: [SOLD]

TA89AJ5: Sphalerite with Siderite

Complex Sphalerite crystals, transparent, extraordinarily bright and with a very deep and intense red-honey color. They are on matrix with yellowish brown rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. An excellent Spanish classic of the best quality for the locality.
From the Silvane and Chris Amo collections whose labels we will send to the buyer.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi) Spain
Specimen size: 6.7 × 6 × 4.2 cm = 2.64” × 2.36” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”
Price: [SOLD]

TH50Z9: Sphalerite with Siderite

Small but very well defined, bright and translucent crystals with a tan-honey color. They are on a matrix of massive Sphalerite with the lenticular Siderite crystals so characteristic of the locality.
La Mure coal mines, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France
Specimen size: 8.7 × 7 × 3 cm = 3.43” × 2.76” × 1.18”
Price: [SOLD]

N13AHL6: Sphalerite with Siderite

Sphalerite crystals with well defined faces and edges, some of them with curvatures, with good honey color. Most are peppered by small Pyrite crystals. On a matrix with Siderite and Pyrite crystals. This mine closed a long time ago, and it is now flooded and collapsed, so it is quite impossible to obtain specimens there.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi) Spain (±1990)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.05” × 1.65” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.8 cm = 0.51” × 0.31”
Price: [SOLD]

XM80NE: Sphalerite with Siderite and Pyrite

Complex twinned crystals of Sphalerite, on matrix, with curvatures on the faces and edges, translucent, lustrous, and with an excellent honey color, partially covered by small rhombohedral crystals of Siderite and microcrystals of Pyrite. The mine has been flooded for a long time and is currently completely inaccessible.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi) Spain (1990)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.6 × 4.9 cm = 2.28” × 1.81” × 1.93”
Price: [SOLD]

NE59AM7: Sphalerite with Siderite, Dolomite and Pyrite

Complex crystals of caramel-colored Sphalerite, with very sharp crystal forms, more isolated than usual in pieces from this locality, transparent, with good luster and an intense color, on matrix, with white Dolomite and brown rhombohedral Siderite crystals. The mine has been closed for years and half flooded, making it almost impossible to obtain new specimens.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Comarca Goyerri, Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Euskadi) Spain (1990)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.8 × 3.3 cm = 1.89” × 1.10” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”
Price: [SOLD]

EY28AK1: Sphalerite with Siderite, Muscovite and Quartz

Parallel growths of complex Sphalerite crystals, very bright, with fine striated edges, white lenticular crystals of Siderite, spheroidal aggregates of laminar crystals of Muscovite and hyaline crystals of Quartz. Although Sphalerite is not a rare species in this mine it rarely occurs in such well-formed crystals. The specimen comes from a recent find in the upper levels of Panasqueira.
Minas da Panasqueira, levels 0-1, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (06/2019)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.48” × 2.13” × 1.26”
Price: [SOLD]

SV220TAE: Sphalerite with Siderite, Quartz and Galena

Druse formed by complex twinned crystals of Sphalerite, isolated, deep black, lustrous and with perfectly defined faces and edges with marked striations on one of the crystal faces and some dissolution figures. Associated with crystals of Quartz and globular coatings of cream-colored Siderite crystals, giving a very nice color contrast to the specimen. Finally, small Galena crystals complete the combo. The Trepča mining complex is one of the largest polymetallic deposits in the world and for many years yielded, and still yields, exceptional pieces of Sphalerite, as well as varied combinations of sulfides and carbonates, as shown by this specimen, from the Ferat Voca collection.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2000-2021)
Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.7 × 4.6 cm = 3.46” × 2.64” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.87” × 0.79”
Price: €220 / US$237 / ¥32900 / AUD$350

ND96AM4: Sphalerite with Tennantite (variety binnite) on Dolomite

Polycrystalline growth of Sphalerite, on matrix, very sharp, translucent, lustrous and honey-colored. With very sharp and shiny tetrahedral crystals of Tennantite (variety binnite, rich in silver), typical of this locality.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number BLD-5), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Binn Valley (Binntal), Wallis (Valais) Switzerland
Specimen size: 6 × 5 × 4.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.97” × 1.65”
Price: [SOLD]

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