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EA47AM2: Sphalerite with Galena and Fluorite
Very aerial group of twinned Sphalerite crystals (variety marmatite) with distinct polycrystalline growths, and very bright luster, on matrix. Associated with cubo-octahedral Galena crystals and complex transparent and lustrous Fluorite crystals.
Naica Mine, Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua  Mexico
Specimen size: 6 × 4.9 × 4.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.93” × 1.65”
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MT50AF3: Sphalerite with Galena and Quartz
Complex crystals with equant shape, twinned, translucent and with a very deep green color. They are on a microcrystalline Quartz matrix, with cubo-octahedral Galena crystals.
Krushev dol Mine, Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria (2012)
Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.8 × 2.6 cm = 3.78” × 2.68” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.59”
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TV50AJ9: Sphalerite with Galena and Quartz
Very well known in mineral collecting the beauty of these complex Sphalerite crystals never ceases to amaze us. They are translucent, very bright and with a very deep color, on a matrix coated bay small Quartz crystals and cubo-octahedral Galena crystals with very well defined faces and edges.
Tongren Mine, Tongren, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province  China
Specimen size: 14.5 × 10.4 × 8.3 cm = 5.71” × 4.09” × 3.27”
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TR51AE1: Sphalerite with Galena and Quartz
Equant complex Sphalerite crystals that are transparent, very bright with a very intense color and on a matrix coated by microcrystalline Quartz and cubo-octahedral Galena crystals that have very well defined faces and edges.
Kangjianwan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province  China
Specimen size: 10.5 × 7 × 5.5 cm = 4.13” × 2.76” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.38” × 1.18”
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KM91M3: Sphalerite with Galena and Quartz
Complex Sphalerite crystals, very rich in geometrical growth forms accompanied by Galena crystals, with well marked dissolution structures, and Quartz crystals.
The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label to the buyer.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia (1995)
Specimen size: 13.8 × 7.2 × 5.8 cm = 5.43” × 2.83” × 2.28”
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EC27R3: Sphalerite with Galena and Quartz
Complex crystals of Sphalerite. Transparent, very bright and of a very intense red color. They are on a matrix of the same Sphalerite, partially coated by microcrystalline Quartz and with cuboctahedral crystals of Galena.
Kangjianwan Mine, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province  China (2010)
Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.6 × 4.7 cm = 2.99” × 2.20” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”
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TA97Y3: Sphalerite with Galena and Rhodochrosite
Groups of complex Sphalerite crystals that are translucent, have a honey color and are partially coated by small cuboctahedral Galena crystals. On matrix, with groups of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals. Very elegant.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru
Specimen size: 9.2 × 7 × 5.2 cm = 3.62” × 2.76” × 2.05”
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TZ46H6: Sphalerite with Galena and Rhodochrosite
A group of twinned crystals with sharp faces and edges. They have orangish color and an excellent luster. Crystals are partially covered by concretions of Rhodochrosite. There is also some minor Galena on the matrix.
Santa Rita Mine, →4300 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (2006)
Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.2 × 5.2 cm = 1.69” × 1.26” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39”
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TX99N9: Sphalerite with Galena, Calcite and Fluorite
Polysynthetic growths of crystals of Sphalerite with very well defined faces and edges, with very bright cuboctahedral crystals of Galena, small laminar crystals of Siderite and cubic crystals of Fluorite.
The sample, complete and free of damage, is from the collection of James Catmur (num. B484), whose label we’ll send to the buyer of the piece.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia (1996)
Specimen size: 12.5 × 7.5 × 4.6 cm = 4.92” × 2.95” × 1.81”
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EM26M2: Sphalerite with Galena, Chalcopyrite and Quartz
In this excellent sample, Sphalerite crystals are showing extremely defined crystalline forms, more than usual for the species. Tetrahedral faces are dominant but other accessory faces are perfectly visible. The Sphalerite crystals are very aerials on a Quartz crystal-rich matrix also with Chalcopyrite and Galena crystals.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty at the 2008 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine Le Règne Minéral number 82 (July-August 2008), page 82.
Borieva Mine, Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast  Bulgaria (06/2008)
Specimen size: 7 × 6.5 × 5.9 cm = 2.76” × 2.56” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.9 cm = 0.35” × 0.35”
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SM890TTP: Sphalerite with Galena, Dolomite and Quartz (variety citrine)
Monumental group of twinned Sphalerite crystals with sharp crystal forms, lustrous, on matrix, with cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, white rhombohedral Dolomite crystals and small Quartz crystals (citrine variety). The specimen comes from the collection of José Luis Vallecillo from Madrid, and the Citrine variety Quartz gives it a different aspect from the usual specimens from this locality.
Naica Mine, Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua  Mexico
Specimen size: 23 × 15 × 9.5 cm = 9.06” × 5.91” × 3.74”
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ND10X7: Sphalerite with Galena, Quartz and Calcite
Aggregates of complex equant crystals, translucent, bright, and with a very deep dark honey color. On matrix, with Calcite and small Quartz crystals. It has been discovered in a recent find at an abandoned mine, well known for Calcite and Baryte and now offering these Sphalerite samples of very much better quality than all previously known.
María Jesús Mine (Lobeto Mine), Sol Viejo, Cabanzón, Herrerías, Comarca Saja-Nansa, Cantabria  Spain (2012-2013)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.8 × 3.3 cm = 2.05” × 1.50” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.16” × 0.16”
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VE13I0: Sphalerite with Galena, Quartz and Pyrite
Group of complex crystals in which we clearly note the triangular faces of the tetrahedron with a lot of echelons. On the matrix of Pyrite, very rich with small Quartz crystals, also appear some cubic crystals of Galena.
Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica Department  Peru
Specimen size: 10.8 × 8 × 5 cm = 4.25” × 3.15” × 1.97”
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EPR87AQ1: Sphalerite with Marcasite and Chalcopyrite
Sphalerite crystals with different growth zones, somewhat more transparent and colored inside the crystal and black and polycrystalline on the surface. In matrix, with very sharp and lustrous crystals of Marcasite and iridescent Chalcopyrite on the base. The specimen comes from a 2023 find in the Bou Nahas Mine where such large and sharp crystals of Sphalerite had not so far been reported.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (02/2023)
Specimen size: 12 × 9.8 × 5.8 cm = 4.72” × 3.86” × 2.28”
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NB12AA4: Sphalerite with Marcasite and Pyrite
Aggregate of Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with a deep black color and very well marked growth striations. The aggregate has a superficial Pyrite patina and small leafy Muscovite growths on the back. Current mining works on the 0 level at Panasqueira are characterized by good samples of species relatively rare in other areas and levels.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 0, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (07/2014)
Specimen size: 3 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.18” × 1.14” × 0.87”
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NB26AK9: Sphalerite with Pyrite
Outstanding matrix group of Sphalerite crystals of complex habit, translucent and intense orange. A good specimen from a well known Canadian locality but one from which Sphalerite of good quality for collections is rare.
Flamboro Quarry, West Flamborough Township, Hamilton, Ontario  Canada
Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.69” × 1.50” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”
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RX96P8: Sphalerite with Pyrite and Marcasite
From a classic American locality. The Sphalerite crystals are complex with deep red color and good transparency. These crystals were named "Ruby Jack". They are implanted on a very thin matrix and are partially coated by sharp, well defined, crystals of Marcasite. Folch's records indicate that the sample was acquired in Tucson in 1959.
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma  USA (±1959)
Specimen size: 10.8 × 8.3 × 2.9 cm = 4.25” × 3.27” × 1.14”
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TC260ED: Sphalerite with Pyrite and Pyrite after Pyrrhotite
Twinned crystal of Sphalerite (variety marmatite) on matrix with very well defined faces and edges. It occurs with Pyrite crystals with a deformed cubic habit and with other Pyrites that are pseudomorphs after hexagonal Pyrrhotite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District  Kosovo (2012)
Specimen size: 9.1 × 7.3 × 7.4 cm = 3.58” × 2.87” × 2.91”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 1.73” × 1.34”
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EA63X3: Sphalerite with Pyrite and Quartz
Sharp Sphalerite crystals with the dominant and very well defined form of the tetrahedron. They are deep black, have an excellent luster, and are on a matrix with very bright and deeply striated Pyrite crystals. They are partially coated by small Quartz crystals.
Rodna Mountains, Maramures  Romania (1970-1980)
Specimen size: 12.6 × 11.2 × 4.2 cm = 4.96” × 4.41” × 1.65”
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EG36T6: Sphalerite with Pyrite and Quartz
Excellent quality for this not so well- known locality. The crystals of Sphalerite have polycrystalline growths, well developed tetrahedral faces, they are intermingled with finely striated Pyrite and they are partially coated by Quartz crystals.
Rodna Mountains, Maramures  Romania (1970-1980)
Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.9 × 5.4 cm = 3.86” × 2.72” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”
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EH96T6: Sphalerite with Pyrite and Quartz
Among the best for this not so well-known locality. Twinned tetrahedral crystals of Sphalerite, one of them clearly dominant, with parallel polycrystalline growths, intermingled with finely striated Pyrite and partially coated by Quartz crystals.
Rodna Mountains, Maramures  Romania (1970-1980)
Specimen size: 13.7 × 10 × 4.4 cm = 5.39” × 3.94” × 1.73”
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EMA37AQ0: Sphalerite with Pyrite, Calcite and Quartz
Twinned Sphalerite crystals with the dominant forms of the tetrahedron, translucent and of orange color, on matrix, with spheroidal aggregates of Pyrite crystals, groups of white Calcite crystals and small groups of Quartz crystals.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province  China (12/2021)
Specimen size: 12.5 × 10.3 × 6 cm = 4.92” × 4.06” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.9 cm = 0.87” × 0.75”
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SV290NMP: Sphalerite with Quartz
Group of very sharp Sphalerite crystals, with the crystal faces perfectly defined and very lustrous. With small whitish Quartz crystals in distinct color contrast. Coming from a current urban area in northern Spain, this type of specimen is very difficult to obtain nowadays and even less with this quality.
Malaespera Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi)  Spain
Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.34” × 0.94”
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MV6AJ0: Sphalerite with Quartz
A novelty at Munich 2018. This is one of the first mentions of Sphalerite as a collectible species at Aït Ahmane. It is a druse of not so well defined complex but translucent and bright crystals with a very deep honey color. They are with small Quartz crystals.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (05/2018)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.80” × 1.89” × 1.34”
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TM66AG0: Sphalerite with Quartz
Group of complex Sphalerite crystals that are twinned and have very well defined faces and edges, with a luster more intense than usual on samples from this locality. They are on a druse of small Quartz crystals.
Lolita Mine, Pico del Águila, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain
Specimen size: 6 × 4.5 × 3.7 cm = 2.36” × 1.77” × 1.46”

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