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10.4 x 9.0 x 7.9 cm. Lustrous, metallic-gray galena cubes to 1.0 cm are festooned and nicely concentrated along the crest of this sculptural, 3-dimensional specimen. The galena cubes are complimented by fields of lustrous dolomite rhombs on cabinet specimen from the Sweetwater Mine. Ex. Consie Prince dealer stock.
10 x 8 x 4 cm. A superb old specimen from the Mining Academy in Freiberg, circa late 1800s, this is a significant German galena specimen. It has large galena crystals and has a bizarre association with little bowtie clusters of selenite. It also has association with sphalerite and quartz.
7.4 x 5.7 x 4.6 cm. A highly lustrous, 4.5 cm, step-faced, galena cube aesthetically set on sphalerite matrix and very nicely accented with purple fluorite from the Elmwood Mine. Highly representative of the species, association and locale. Ex. Mullane Collection.
3.5 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm. A fine, splendent, cruciform or cross-shaped, stepped-growth, 2.3 cm, galena cube perched atop highly lustrous and gemmy, ruby-jack sphalerite from the Elmwood Mine. The form of this galena crystal is really striking. Ex. Consie Prince old dealer stock from the 1970s.
Mirror-bright pyrite cubes growing one one side, with translucent, blunt-tipped, fine calcite crystals growing on the other - on a matrix of contrasting galena. 5.5 x 3.9 x 3.7 cm
6.4 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm. A fine calcite and galena combination specimen from the Elmwood Mine. Two intergrown, very glassy and transparent, doubly terminated, colorless calcite crystals are attached to the side of lustrous galena cube.
7.3 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm. A fine, old-time galena specimen from the Joplin Field of Tri-State District and the George Feist Collection, # 2837. This beautiful, lustrous, upright specimen consists of "fortification", cuboctahedral galena crystals and one of the primary crystals is exquisitely hoppered. The hoppered crystal is 2.5 across. A very fine, uncommon, old-timer from this historic district.
9.5 x 5.6 x 5.0 cm. An aesthetic galena specimen from the Sweetwater Mine of Missouri’s Viburnum Trend and the George Feist Collection # 2851. A 4.0 x 3.0 cm, pristine, lustrous galena cube is perched on a ship-like matrix of silicified limestone with an upturned, pointed "bow". The smaller galena cubes are a very nice accent.
9.0 x 6.5 x 6.3 cm. Isolated, lustrous, sharp, steel-gray galena cuboctahedrons are richly scattered on all sides of the mounded matrix on this fine specimen from the Buick Mine and the George Feist Collection # 3035. The largest crystal is 2.4 cm. This is a very fine cuboctahedral galena from this locale.
7.8 x 5.1 x 4.3 cm. A very elegant combination specimen from the Sweetwater Mine of Missouri’s Viburnum Trend. A perfect, glowing, 5.6 cm, doubly terminated, light amber calcite crystal is perched on the crest of an octahedral galena crystal. The compound octahedra reach 3.3 cm and are richly accented with sparkly, golden chalcopyrite and pastel-pink dolomite microcrystals. This is superb older material from the Dr. Gary Hansen Collection and dates the l970s to early 1980s. Octahedral galena is not that common from the Sweetwater Mine.
1.6 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm. A unique and unusual galena specimen from Missouri. This fine thumbnail looks like either a bright, modern, stainless steel table or a square, metallic butcher’s block on a pedestal base. This is actually a sceptered galena crystal.
5.0 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm. A classic and aesthetic combination specimen from the Nikolaevskiy Mine at Dal’negorsk. A 2.2 cm, tabular, mirror-bright, brassy pyrrhotite crystal is set between two, perpendicular, lustrous, metallic-gray, spinel-twinned galena crystals. This is a fantastic, complete-all-around piece. Interesting, stalk-like florets of quartz needles lie in front of both sides of the pyrrhotite crystal and beautifully accent the piece. Smaller galena spinel-twins, sphalerite and chalcopyrite comprise the rest of the matrix.
4.3 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm. An excellent specimen from this old and famous German locality. A sharp and lustrous, 7 mm, cuboctahedral galena crystal is aesthetically set amidst lustrous siderite rhombs, more galena crystals and a couple of gemmy, ruby-jack sphalerite crystals. Easily over 100 years old, as this classic locale closed in 1903. Ex. Mullane Collection.
6.3 x 5.6 x 2.1 cm. Splendent, metallic-gray galena cubes are richly and aesthetically set on a thin crust of matrix covered with tiny calcites on this outstanding old-time piece from the Gluckauf Shaft of the Himmelsfurst Mine. The two large cubes, with nifty modified corners, reach 1.7 cm and are beautifully placed opposite each other on the wedge-like matrix. Classic material from this renowned locale. Ex. Leithauser Collection.
7.3 x 5.9 x 2.1 cm. A fine combination plate with very gemmy, golden-yellow sphalerite crystals, brassy chalcopyrite crystals and a rich scattering of fortification to hoppered galena crystals from the small find a few years ago at the Commodore Mine at Creede, Colorado. Many of the highly lustrous, black-looking sphalerite crystals are, in fact, partially gemmy. The largest gemmy sphalerite crystal is 1.3 cm. These caused a major stir at the Tucson Show, when they came out. Ex. George Fisher and Mijer Collections.
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