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Smithsonite and Galena after Pyrrhotite and Baryte
Smithsonite and Galena after Pyrrhotite and Baryte. Front
Front
Smithsonite and Galena after Pyrrhotite and Baryte. Rear
Rear
Smithsonite and Galena after Pyrrhotite and Baryte. Side
Side
Smithsonite and Galena after Pyrrhotite and Baryte.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Smithsonite and Galena after Pyrrhotite and Baryte
 

JFD13AN5: Alain Martaud spent quite a long time in La Unión digging for minerals and took advantage of the time to obtain a good number of specimens from the area. All 'special', such as this Smithsonite and Galena pseudomorph that has replaced an older Pyrrhotite crystal, which in addition to being interesting (mineralogically speaking) has the great advantage that it makes the specimen stable, so it will not suffer the alteration that so often happens to pyrrhotites. In addition, a small group of the ubiquitous barytes from that area embellish the specimen.
Tomasa Mine, La Fortuna, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia)  Spain (1980-1985)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.8 × 6.4 cm = 3.78” × 2.68” × 2.52”

Main crystal size: 9.6 × 6.2 cm = 3.78” × 2.44”

Former collection of Jordi Fabre (duplicates)





  
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