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Mineral Specimens with Galena
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SUPER, gemmy, lustrous and transparent, interpenetrating green fluorite crystals to 1.5 cm aesthetically perched on matrix with a few scattered galena crystals from the famous Rogerley Mine of England. A couple of super-trivial edge bruises are barely discernable. SUPERB purple fluorescence. CHOICE material from the Lewadny Collection. 6.3 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
A showy and aesthetic cluster of lustrous, twinned, black sphalerite crystals with low-lustre, gunmetal-gray galena crystals on a bit of matrix from Dalnegorsk, Russia. Very little new material has come from here in the last few years, as most of the mines are shut down. Ex Marty Lewadny Collection of Winnipeg, Canada. 4.6 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm
A glossy, showy Eastern Euro specimen combining lustrous, euhedral sphalerites with shiny-metallic galena crystals, the largest showing architectural hoppered growth. Sharp quartz points accent the matrix. 6.5 x 4.6 x 3.5cm
An excellent and aesthetic specimen of metallic-bright, complex galena crystals on milky-white quartz from Naica, Mexico. Ex Marty Lewadny Collection of Winnipeg, Canada. 6.5 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm
A CLASSIC, old-time Tri-State District combination piece of lustrous octohedral galena crystals to 1.8 cm, some hoppered, with two generations of sphalerite on chert matrix from Joplin, Missouri. The second sphalerite generation consists of tiny, super-gemmy, cherry-red crystals. A very flashy, undamaged specimen. 9.5 x 7.4 x 4.3 cm
This specimen is a superb example of a classic old German mineral, with the galena having completely replaced the pyromorphite. Some specimens show only partial replacement but this is in full. It is remarkably aesthetic and displays nicely, showing off a 3-dimensional display face. These are all old specimens, quite literally, dating to the 1860s and before. This specimen is from the collection of Lance Cook, who has long specialized in pyromorphite and lead minerals. It was, until the late 1980s, in the famous collection of Phoenix collector Tom McKee as well. Lance bought the piece when that collection was dispersed in 1989. 6 x 5.9 x 4 cm
An OLD-TIME, very showy, metallic-bright, "fortification", galena cube from the famous Tri-State District of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. Lustrous galena crystals from the Tri-State District are VERY UNCOMMON and are highly desired. A couple of sides are partially contacted and one side is cleaved, but this remains a fine piece. Ex Richard Hauck Collection. 7.8 x 7.1 x 4.3 cm
Here is a thumber of pretty pink rhodo on sparkly, quartz-covered galena from the classic Silverton locality. 3.0 x 1.8 x 1.2cm
A very large, spectacular specimen of superb galena crystals: shiny-metallic, razor-sharp, and piled up in dramatic, architectural forms. The clusters of galenas are isolated in places amongst patches of gemmy quartz crystals. They measure to several cms and are MUCH sharper in person. The shadows atop are because it was easier to shoot this upside down and flip the pic, in order to really show the sharpness of all crystals at once. This wonderful large specimen came out of an Eastern European museum collection. 19.6 x 13.2 x 4.5cm
Cubes of galena to 1.5 cm on a matrix of sphalerite, with a ball of sparkly marcasite in one place. A classic Viburnum Trend combination - from the collection of Ed Ruggiero. 9.6 x 6.2 x 5.7cm
A CLASSIC, old-time, Tri-State CABINET specimen of a large, metallic-bright, 7.3 cm, stepped galena cube jauntily perched on a bed of lustrous, light pink, dolomite rhombs on silicified, limestonte matrix with lustrous, sphalerite crystals on the back. This old piece comes with two, yellowed labels. A trivial contact point on the galena crystal is certainly not detracting. Ex Marty Lewadny Collection. 13.0 x 11.0 x 7.5 cm
A super-flashy and beautiful combo specimen from Bulgaria, that actually came with an old label indicating that this is an old piece that was sold into a private or university/museum collection inside the country before ending up on the outside market after the wall fell. It features mirror-metallic, wonderfully-articulated galenas, with accenting quartz crystals, in a fine balance with really pretty overall form. BETTER IN PERSON 8.1 x 5.2 x 4.6cm
This unbelievably rich , 3-dimensional specimen of spinel-twinned galena crystals still has a label with it from a former dealer. It has to weigh at least 10 pounds and is larger than a football. It is perhaps hard to see why from the pics, as these are notoriously hard to photograph, but what this is, is a HUGE specimen COVERED with big, mirror-bright, spinel-twinned galena crystals! Interspersed amongst them are silky, sharp and pretty quartz crystals. The galenas measure up to 6 cm across, and have serrated terminations along the top ridge. In some areas, cubic forms merge into spinel twins in wonderfully complex crystallographic forms. This is a MAJOR Eastern European galena specimen, and, as mentioned, much prettier and more impressive IN PERSON. The photos are accurate, but at the same time fail to convey the sense of drama and the sheer sparkliness of this large piece. 22.6 x 19.0 x 13.8cm
Look at the superb sharpness and size of the central crystal on this fine Naica galena! In person, the faces shine like a MIRROR. This is actually one large, compound crystal, but for the sake of clarity, that central part (which we are calling the central crystal) measures about 4.7 cm. This old Naica piece is complete on the front, with clean cleavage contacts on the back where removed from the pocket (we have included a photo of the backside). 6.4 x 5.1 x 5.0cm
A SUPERB, AESTHETIC, old-time, Tri-State specimen of 4, sharp, lustrous, gunmetal-gray, octohedral galena crystals to 2 cm nicely perched on off-white chert with ledges and a face covered with gemmy, red, ruby-jack sphalerite crystals. Two of the galena crystals have skeletal features. This is simply an OUTSTANDING, old-timer from the Tri-State District. The galena crystals are damage-free. 8.0 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
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