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Sphalerite with Dolomite
Sphalerite with Dolomite.
Sphalerite with Dolomite.
Sphalerite with Dolomite  

SV640NDR: Polycrystalline growth of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and with smooth tetrahedron forms. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, have a deep and uniform dense caramel color, and are on and between sharp white crystals of Dolomite, with small remnants of a limestone matrix. From a classic Spanish mine for Sphalerite located in a spectacular setting next to Los Picos de Europa National Park, inaccessible already for many years since its galleries were flooded.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain (±1990)

Specimen size: 16.6 × 13.5 × 6.2 cm = 6.54” × 5.31” × 2.44”






  
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