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Sphalerite with Dolomite and Calcite
Sphalerite with Dolomite and Calcite.
Sphalerite with Dolomite and Calcite.
Sphalerite with Dolomite and Calcite  

SV180NNG: Druse of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and smooth tetrahedron forms. The crystals, between transparent and translucent, have a dense, deep and uniform caramel color, and are in matrix with white Dolomite crystals and small partially dissolved Calcite crystals. From a classic Spanish mine for Sphalerite, located in a spectacular setting next to Los Picos de Europa National Park, inaccessible for many years already after the galleries were flooded.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria  Spain (±1990)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4 × 2.8 cm = 3.07” × 1.57” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”






  
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