Baryte ball with Sphalerite 'ruby' - Les Cèdres, Les Malines, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, France - Height: 8.3 cm - Width: 4.7 cm- 98 g

Selected by Luca Esposito

Watch a video of this specimen by following the Vimeo link below: https://vimeo.com/945736005 Les Malines is a major deposit Pb-Zn-Ag deposit located in the Cévennes massif near Le Vigan. Several mines were very active since the Middle Age and the modern mining works, operated by the Peñarroya-Metaleurop company, shut down in 1991 after producing almost 1 million tons of metal. Les Malines became famous in the mineral collection world in the 1980's when the modern mine sections of Les Cèdres and La Sanguinède hit a succession of fantastic pockets with outstanding baryte balls or bournonite crystals, the two 'star' species of the deposit! Here is beautiful and very representative specimen from Les Malines displaying a 4.0 cm diameter baryte ball resting on a bed of sparkling 'ruby' red sphalerite and micro brassy pyrite. It is not common to come by such a balanced and aesthetic baryte specimen from Les Malines, especially in good condition. An aesthetic French classic!

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Baryte ball with Sphalerite 'ruby' - Les Cèdres, Les Malines, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, France - Height: 8.3 cm - Width: 4.7 cm- 98 g

Watch a video of this specimen by following the Vimeo link below:
https://vimeo.com/945736005

Les Malines is a major deposit Pb-Zn-Ag deposit located in the Cévennes massif near Le Vigan.
Several mines were very active since the Middle Age and the modern mining works, operated by the Peñarroya-Metaleurop company, shut down in 1991 after producing almost 1 million tons of metal.
Les Malines became famous in the mineral collection world in the 1980's when the modern mine sections of Les Cèdres and La Sanguinède hit a succession of fantastic pockets with outstanding baryte balls or bournonite crystals, the two 'star' species of the deposit!

Here is beautiful and very representative specimen from Les Malines displaying a 4.0 cm diameter baryte ball resting on a bed of sparkling 'ruby' red sphalerite and micro brassy pyrite.

It is not common to come by such a balanced and aesthetic baryte specimen from Les Malines, especially in good condition.

An aesthetic French classic!

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Baryte ball with Sphalerite 'ruby' - Les Cèdres, Les Malines, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, France - Height: 8.3 cm - Width: 4.7 cm- 98 g

Selected by Luca Esposito

Baryte ball with Sphalerite 'ruby' - Les Cèdres, Les Malines, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, France - Height: 8.3 cm - Width: 4.7 cm- 98 g