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!