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Mineral Specimens with Galena
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3.9 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm. Here is a real old-timer - a big, 2.5-cm burgundy spessartine garnet, embedded in a euhedral crystal of galena. Just about all of those anomalies you see on the spessartine crystal faces are natural "cut-glass" modifications, very pretty; there is only one small rough area where the crystal grew against something. The faces of the crystal are lustrous, and you can see into them - it is slightly transparent. Ex. Elling Collection.
5.7 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm. This is a very distinctive Creede Quartz and sulfide association specimen. The Sphalerite is very gemmy with the typical honey and green color that one is accustomed to seeing from this mine. Both the Sphalerite and Galena are lustrous, and the chalky white Quartz makes for a nice contrast. Exact mine location is the OH vein. This piece came from the Richard A. Kosnar collection and was mined in 1957 by Bob Hartman.
9.1 x 7.9 x 6.9 cm. Wonderfully transparent, faintly lavender crystals of fluorite to 2 cm on edge, on massive, shiny silver galena with a covering of small crystals of quartz and chalcopyrite, which complement the fluorite crystals beautifully. Ex. Stoudt Collection.
12.7 x 8.0 x 6.8 cm. Weighing in at several pounds, this is a large and fine galena from the Nikolaevskiy Mine. It is a riveting, metallic sculpture that looks like it was manmade and could go in a museum of modern art showcasing the interaction of planes and symmetries. The white quartz druse is sparkly and snow-white bright in person. The galenas are brilliantly lustrous, highly 3-dimensional, and we see here at least two distinct crystal habits on one piece.
8.0 x 8.0 x 6.4 cm. A sculptural pair of doubly terminated calcite crystals aesthetically attached to blocky galena and chalcopyrite matrix from the Sweetwater Mine of Missouri’s Viburnum Trend. The lustrous calcite crystals, to 7.6 cm, have faint interior phantoms, colorless mid-sections and beautifully gemmy amber tips. Ex. Dr.Richard Heck and George Feist Collections.
6.9 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm. Look at the dramatic hoppered or "skeletal" growth of this very large single crystal of galena from Eastern Europe. Three sides of the crystal show this strange and pretty growth, in varying degrees. A few sparkly chalcopyrites have grown on the sides of the galena. Ex. Dave Stoudt collection.
17.9 x 7.6 x 7.4 cm. What is remarkable about this specimen is that the fluorites have a sprinkling of small, rounded, sparkling crystals of what appears to be galena on them. They look almost like balls of mercury. This is extremely unusual, pointing to a lead-rich solution that flowed through the pocket after the fluorites formed.
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm. A fine galena spinel twin miniature of this style from Russia. The flattened, spinel twinned crystal stands up perfectly on a natural "base" of quartz, sphalerite, and even a brassy pyrite crystal.
7.8 x 6.9 x 4.4 cm. A cluster of super-complex, micro-stepped crystals of sphalerite, intricately intergrown with galena in some places such that it is hard to make out which is which. A "snowfall" of tan calcite microcrystals dresses up the specimen nicely. Ex. Dave Stoudt collection.
11.2 x 10.4 x 7.5 cm. A hand-sized, sharp galena crystal of some significance because it is from the old lead district in northern Illinois, predating the discovery of the more abundant Missouri lead belt. Valid, antique crystals of galena from Galena are super-rare and this is not only a valid one, but a huge crystal in good condition for the locality. This composite crystal, consisting of a smaller cube in the back merging into this beautiful cuboctahedron, weighs 9 pounds. Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences Collection.
12.2 x 9.9 x 4.3 cm. From the Feist Collection, a large and very rich old Tri-State combination piece. It is dominated by the sharp, chunky galenas, to 2 cm across. Sprinkled on the galenas are small, glittery golden chalcopyrites. And scattered amongst the field of smaller galenas on the matrix are coffee-colored "ruby jack" sphalerites.
4.3 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm. A nice-sized, sharp galena crystal of some significance because it is from the old lead district in northern Illinois, predating the discovery of the more abundant Missouri lead belts mined in the 1900s. This is certainly from the 1800s or early 1900s. The number painted upon the crystal's backside matches the label (which notes the presence of very small associations on the back, as well). Ex. Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia Collection.
5.8 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm. A stunningly pretty specimen of translucent, bladed baryte crystals framing a field of shockingly lustrous, wonderfully hoppered crystals of galena. The galenas and barytes sit on a base of golden pyrite, which adds a pretty color accent around the edges.
10.3 x 6.7 x 4.9 cm. Splendent galena cubes to 2.1 cm are beautifully scattered on the needle quartz matrix on this aesthetic cabinet specimen from the Madan District of Bulgaria. The concentrated galena cubes at the top of this mounded piece are particularly striking. The back of this fine piece hides more surprises, with an exquisite radial cluster of quartz crystals and some massive sphalerite. From the Konski Dol Mine.
6.4 x 5.3 x 2.4 cm. A classic, old-time galena specimen from historic Huelgoat, Brittany, France. This sculptural and aesthetic plate consists of moderate lustre, battleship-gray, highly intergrown galena cubes in a jackstraw pattern. The galena cubes have an unusual, melted and waxy look to them, which really adds a unique visual aspect to this piece. Ex. Harvard and George Elling Collections.
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