SOLD
MD-18944
Galena, Dolomite
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA
Small Cabinet, 6.0 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm
SOLD
You have to be a pretty darned good galena to get into the Leithauser Collection, and this is absolutely superb in every way. With the exception of one little corner contact, the galena cube is complete, undamaged, sharp and SUPER-lustrous on all sides - essentially a floater. Accenting it all around are tufts of dolomite peppered with bright little pyrite crystals. Yes, galenas are common, but those that deserve a place in a really fine collection are not. This is an old piece from the Tri-State district circa 1930s-50s, not to be confused with contemporary material from the New Lead Belt which would not be on the same dolomite crystallized matrix as you see here 6 x 6 x 5.5 cm