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Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned crystals) with Galena, Quartz, Barite from Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado

 
Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned crystals) with Galena, Quartz, Barite from Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado

Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned crystals) with Galena, Quartz, Barite from Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado

Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned crystals) with Galena, Quartz, Barite from Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 45114
Mineral:Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned crystals) with Galena, Quartz, Barite
Locality:Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado
Description:Lustrous black Spinel-law twinned sphalerite crystals to 15 mm across with gray-metallic cubo-octahedral galena crystals to 12 mm across, translucent colorless quartz crystals to 6 mm, and brown-white barite microcrystals. Ex. R. Theodore Hurr collection
Overall Size:4.5x4.5x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 15 mm
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