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Mineral Specimens with Galena
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Sure, galenas are common, but not like this. This is a fabulously-formed 4.5-cm crystal tucked in a bend in the matrix, exposed all the way around, with fine sharp faces and bright metallic luster. A really superb Dalnegorsk piece! 8 x 6 x 5.5 cm
5.9 x 4.9 x 2.5 cm. Steel-gray galena cubes to 1.1 cm with splendent lustre and nifty modified corners are aesthetically set on matrix of quartz and smaller quartz crystals on this fine specimen from the Camp Bird Mine of Ouray, Colorado. This 1960s-70s era piece from the Mullane Collection comes with a handwritten label identifying the ore body and level of this well-known mine. The information is written on the back of a faded savings deposit ticket from The Citizens State Bank of Ouray. Dennis Mullane must have bought this directly from a miner in Ouray.
5.3 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm. An unusual and fine pseudomorph from the Herja Mine of Romania. Sparkly, brass-yellow pyrite has pseudomorphed a large, tapering, hexagonal pyrrhotite crystal consisting of stacked, lamellar crystals. The base of the piece has massive galena.
8.2 x 6.5 x 6.0 cm. A 3.4 cm, highly lustrous, twinned, stepped-growth face, jet-black sphalerite crystal crowns this fine sphalerite and galena specimen from recent finds at the Santa Eulalia District of Mexico. Part of the "melted look" galena crystal looks like a "feather" on top of the large sphalerite crystal. The rest of the unusual galena crystal is revealed on the back side of the piece. Bands of tiny calcite crystals are a nice accent on this fine combination specimen.
7.2 x 6.2 x 5.5 cm. A beautiful, gemmy and lustrous, 6.8 cm, golden-amber calcite crystal aesthetically set in mounded galena matrix covered with small calcite crystals from the Sweetwater Mine of Missouri. The termination is extremely gemmy on this striking, very colorful calcite. Ex. George Feist Collection.
A pink fluorite crystal strangely distorted by having grown around crystallized galena. In two places where it has grown around the side of the galena, you can see it trying to form octahedrons, with a few sharp faces fully formed! 5.0 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
4.6 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm. A really fine and aesthetic galena specimen from the Sweetwater Mine of the Viburnum Trend. Two splendent, elongated galena cubes in the form of a "V" are perched on massive galena. The cubes reach 1.9 cm, are complete-all-around and some of the corners are modified. Ex. Feist Collection.
10.0 x 7.6 x 5.3 cm. A fine, old-time, cabinet-sized sphalerite specimen from one of the famous mines at Creede, Colorado. Gemmy and lustrous, twinned, golden-amber sphalerite crystals to 1.8 cm richly and attractively cover both sides of the sulfide matrix. The more isolated and smaller crystals on the backside are particularly gemmy. A single, 1.2 cm, lustrous, steel-gray, fortification galena cube on the front side is a very nice accent. This is classic for the locality. A very interesting feature is the cavity on the side that holds a 1.2 cm, totally loose sphalerite crystal. Excellent, old material from this historic district from the John Ydren Collection.
6.4 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm. Lustrous, steel-gray, cuboctahedral galena crystals to 2.7 cm form an elegant and fine specimen from recent finds at the Borieva Mine of Bulgaria. The 3-dimensional cluster of galena crystals is beautifully framed by two water-clear quartz points. Some of the galena crystal faces have a preferential coating of green chlorite. Very nearly pristine.
5.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm. A splendent, textbook, gunmetal-gray galena cube perched on knobby chalcopyrite matrix from the Buick Mine of Missouri’s Viburnum Trend. This complete-all-around cube has interesting, slightly modified corners. A classic Viburnum Trend galena. Ex. George Feist Collection.
17.5 x 6.2 x 5.4 cm. A fine set of four major (up to 1.5 cm) and numerous minor Magnetite crystals set in bright shiny Galena, further accented by brassy Chalcopyrites. The Magnetites have a superb metallic luster and excellent crystal form, as do the Galenas. Ex. Charlie Key stock.
7.5 x 5.0 x 4.8 cm. A fine specimen of Galena from the famous Creede mining district in Colorado. The piece comprises several good size (up to 2.2 cm on edge) cuboctahedral crystals which are relatively sharp and have a metallic grey matte luster. The piece is associated with minor Chalcopyrite and Quartz. Ex. Brian Kosnar Collection.
15.8 x 13.5 x 5.0 cm. A 3.7 x 3.2 cm, moderately lustrous, sharp galena cube is beautifully set on a sculptural, large cabinet plate of bladed, pastel-pink dolomite festooned with lightly iridescent, brassy chalcopyrite crystals. This is classic, old-time and aesthetic combination material from the historic Picher Field, Tri-State District, Oklahoma and the George Feist Collection.
8.9 x 4.9 x 4.4 cm. Splendent, sharp, metallic-gray, galena cuboctahedrons form a fine and classic specimen from the Buick Mine of Missouri’s Viburnum Trend. The crystals reach 2.2 cm on this piece and the crystals even spill over onto the back. Nearly pristine. Ex. George Feist Collection.
7.2 x 4.6 x 2.5 cm. A rare and superb cluster of sharp, highly to moderately lustrous, lead-gray, parallel-growth, spinel-twinned galena crystals from the Buick Mine of Missouri’s Viburnum Trend. These large crystals and style are classic for a particular find there, in the 1990s. This excellent, complete-all-around crystal is richly and beautifully covered on the back and one edge with lustrous dolomite rhombs, sparkly, brassy marcasite crystals and a couple of well-placed, calcite scalenohedrons. The doubly terminated calcite on the end is 1.5 cm (one end is cleaved).
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