- TUC10-327
- Stibnite With Baryte
- Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania
- Small Cabinet, 8.7 x 7.0 x 5.9 cm
- Ex. James Zigras
- SOLD
This is old classic material, mined several decades ago. very FEW old stibnites from this famous and now defunct district have any kind of modern, world-level aesthetics to them. This one, however, can hold its own against contemporary chinese material collected under better conditions. It is nearly pristine, and has a very aesthetic arrangement of radiating crystals from a common center. The crystals reach 3 cm. Small, sharp, gem-clear Barytes to 4 mm abound in the crevasses between the crystals. I have also chosen not to overclean this to make it bright and shiny - it retains its original patina.