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Mineral Specimens with Galena
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21.0 x 13.7 x 12.6 cm. This is a huge matrix specimen of rich blue fluorites to 2 cm, perched on 3-dimensional massive quartz matrix. It was collected by claim owner Ray DeMark about 2 years ago, and from a special pocket of these rare, intense blue crystals you do not often see from this location. As a novelty, a nice sharp galena sits in the middle. Galena from here usually decays or alters to gray anglesite, and to find a sharp lustrous one, perched on the fluorite, is quite uncommon.
7.5 x 7.0 x 3.8 cm. A fine combination specimen from Naica, Mexico. Lustrous, black sphalerite crystals to 2.7 cm with superb trigonal growth faces are aesthetically set on matrix with glassy, colorless, cuboctahedral fluorite crystals and a well-placed, 2.7cm, partially skeletal, galena crystal. Seldom do you know the exact mine from this famous district. However, this Mullane Collection specimen comes with a University of Sonora Engineering School label that tells us the mine, which is very uncommon - the Siglo XX.
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm. The Camp Bird mine is one of the most classic San Juan Mountain localities, and is famous for its sulfide specimens. Some of the most attractive and impressive Sphalerite/Galena/Chalcopyrite association specimens are found in this mine along with the Idarado mine. This specimen features black, Spinel-Law twinned Sphalerite crystals along with gun-metal silver/grey cuboctahedra of Galena and lustrous golden Chalcopyrite crystals which are associated with minor white Calcite and pastel olive-green Epidote. The Epidote is a dead giveaway that this piece was found in the Replacement Ore Body of the Camp Bird, as Epidote was found throughout the contact zone. Ex. Jaime Bird Collection.
8.4 x 6.4 x 4.3 cm. A very interesting hoppered/skeletal, metallic-bright, 4.3 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm, complex galena cube set on matrix with quartz crystals and tiny pyritohedrons. There are some very unusual forms on this galena crystal from recent finds at the Krushev dol Mine of Bugaria. Highly representative of the species and locale.
16.0 x 10.8 x 6.8 cm. A very large, spectacular specimen of superb galena crystals: shiny-metallic, razor-sharp, and piled up in dramatic, architectural forms. The clusters of galena are isolated in places amongst patches of gemmy quartz crystals. They measure to just over 1 cm in size and are much sharper in person. This wonderful large specimen came out of an Eastern European museum collection - the National Museum of Bulgaria in Sophia. Some calcite is associated on the backside.
8.6 x 7.2 x 5.5 cm. Gemmy, bi-colored, fluorite crystals, to 3.0 cm across, are perched on a matrix of splendent galena crystals to 2.0 cm in length. The core of the fluorite crystals is pastel green and the terminal faces are pastel lavender. There is also evidence of the stepped growth, for which Naica is famous.
8.1 x 7.7 x 5.3 cm. This matrix specimen has fine aesthetics thanks to well formed lustrous galena crystals, to 2.5 cm in length, upon which are emplaced gemmy, pastel green fluorite crystals, to 3.0 cm across. The contrast of form and color with the galena is superb. The fluorite crystals are cubes with modifying octahedral faces. In addition, there is a drusy crust of white quartz partially covering the lower boundary with the galena crystals for accent.
12.0 x 10.8 x 7.5 cm. Of all the fluorite specimens with galena in this update this is clearly the most dramatic. It is a very heavy, 3-dimensional specimen with a herd of gem fluorites stampeding off the top at you as the viewer, really 3-dimensionally coming off the galena. The lustrous galena crystals to 1.7 cm across are surmounted by gemmy, pastel green and lavender, fluorite crystals to 3.5cm across. Fluorite cubes are modified by octahedral faces and there is also the presence of stepped growth.
10.1 x 8.0 x 7.5 cm. This specimen is bizarre, having the isolated stacked chain of successively larger crystals perched upon matrix which seems apart. Massive, mirror bright, gray galena is the matrix for the two generations of fluorite. The first generation is gemmy, pastel green that is supplanted by gemmy, nearly colorless, stepped growth of cubes modified by octahedral faces. The largest of the latter generation measures 2.3 cm across.
17.8 x 14.5 x 10.5 cm. Over a dozen transparent, gemmy, undamaged cuboctohedral crystals to 3 cm in size perch like mountain climbers upon this mound of crystallized galena. The contrast is striking. The association is classic for Naica, for old material. For this new find, it seems rather unusual as most of the associations are with sphalerite. Also, the rivulets of sparkling crystallized quartz running down the seams of the piece provide a nice accent and some sparkle and are themselves unusual in the occurrence.
VERY flashy example of this classic combination, featuring sharp siderite crystals perched in lustrous, complexly crystallized galena. Ex. Bement collection with both originalturn-of-the-1900s label and matching arrow/cat# painted on the bottom of the specimen. 9.2 x 7.6 x 5.8 cm
9.1 x 5.0 x 4.8 cm. An excellent, splendent, elongated, galena cube from the Sweetwater Mine of Missouri’s Viburnum Trend. This fine, hefty piece (2.6 pounds or about 1.2 kilos) is a near floater and only has trivial edge-wear. Ex. Consie Prince Collection.
4.4 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm. These incredibly elegant hollowed-out galena crystals were the surprise hits at both of the recent Denver and Munich shows. They formed from a natural process of etching and are thus termed "skeletal" crystals. The two hollows on the stretched galena cube look just like two, side-by-side, open pit mines on the well-balanced matrix of lustrous, black sphalerite crystals. The adjacent galena crystal has a distinctive melted look. Truly dramatic and unusual. This is an excellent specimen. The mine is now closed.
4.3 x 2.3 x 0.9 cm. An unusual, tabular galena crystal from the Sweetwater Mine of Missouri and the Mullane Collection. This splendent, complete all-around crystal is a floater. It is very nearly pristine, having only trivial corner wear on two corners.
16.9 x 11.8 x 6.0 cm. A superb, large cabinet plate richly and aesthetically covered with lustrous, battleship-gray, cuboctahedral galena crystals to 3.0 cm. The galena crystals are uniquely accented by a preferential coating of sparkly, tan siderite microcrystals, which gives each galena crystal an unusual segmented look. The 3-dimensional, quartz and sulfide matrix is further complimented by more siderite and a rich peppering of tiny, sparkly sphalerite and galena crystals.
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