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MD-173727
Galkhaite
Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
Miniature, 4.2 x 4.1 x 1.8 cm
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A SUPERB miniature of lustrous, gemmy to opaque, dark blood-red galkhaite crystals to 3 mm RICHLY scattered on matrix from the famous Getchell Mine of Nevada from small finds in the late 1970s stashed until recent years by the mine geologist. Galkhaite is a ULTRA-RARE cesium, thallium, mercury sulfosalt and this is an OUTSTANDING example. SELDOM do you see galkhaite specimens with this many gemmy crystals!