Mark my words: with the Elmwood now closed for good, there are going to be a lot of people kicking themselves 2 or 3 years from now for not grabbing great specimens when they were around. Already, they are noticeably scarce at the shows. Museum-size specimens such as this of superb quality are money in the bank, as far as I'm concerned. And I have rarely seen a combo piece as dramatic as this one. It just has it all: remarkable size, perfect structure and balance, superb crystallization of the fluorites and sphalerite, and a wonderful Baryte ball, with just the right amount of matrix supporting the whole assemblage. This is the sort of piece that deserves to have a stand built for it and to be in a place of honor! The fine fluorites, to over 3 cm, cascade down the left side of the specimen. They have grown on lustrous sphalerite (the zinc ore that was the reason for the Elmwood's existence). Finely-crystallized individual sphalerite clusters measure up to 4 cm, some decorated with small, gem-like fluorites. The Baryte ball serves as a perfect base for the piece. Compare a piece like this, at under 3k, with what, say, a smallish Sweet Home rhodo costs nowadays, and you begin to realize how much bang for the buck this is. And with the supply dwindling, now's the time if there ever was one..MUCH BETTER In PERSON! 33 x 15 x 9 cm