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MD-118193
Quartz, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK
Miniature, 4.0 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm
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A STRIKING English CABINET piece of gray quartz pseudomorphing cubic fluorite crystals; and beautifully sprinkled with two steel-gray galena crystals and tiny, complex sphalerite crystals from Alston Moor. The back is covered with sphalerite crystals. CLASSIC, OLD-TIME English material of each species - but rare in such an unusual combo.

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