CALCITE ON SPHALERITE Crystal from a classic locality - Height: 6.2 cm - Width: 5.1 cm- 175 g - (1)

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Calcite on sphalerite crystal from Panasqueira Mines, Portugal; a dark etched sphalerite with pyrite microcrystals supports a pure white translucent discoidal calcite, measuring 6.2 × 5.1 × 4.1 cm and weighing 175 g.

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A dark and lustrous etched sphalerite crystal with disseminated pyrite microcrystals on top of which a pure white discoidal calcite crystal with some translucency is set, creating a really nice composition. This piece comes from the classic Portuguese deposit of Panasqueira, a mine developed to exploit a series of tabular veins of Sn–W mineralization that have produced some of the finest sulfide and fluorapatite specimens in the world and definitely from Europe.

A dark and lustrous etched sphalerite crystal with disseminated pyrite microcrystals on top of which a pure white discoidal calcite crystal with some translucency is set, creating a really nice composition. This piece comes from the classic Portuguese deposit of Panasqueira, a mine developed to exploit a series of tabular veins of Sn–W mineralization that have produced some of the finest sulfide and fluorapatite specimens in the world and definitely from Europe.

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Number of items
1
Main Mineral
CALCITE ON SPHALERITE
Mineral Form
Crystal from a classic locality
Supplement
no
Weight
175 g
Origin (Region/ City)
panasqueira Mines
Country of Origin
Portugal
Height
6.2 cm
Width
5.1 cm
Depth
4.1 cm
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