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Sphalerite (Spinel-Law twinned parallel crystals) from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

 
Sphalerite (Spinel-Law twinned parallel crystals) from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Sphalerite (Spinel-Law twinned parallel crystals) from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Sphalerite (Spinel-Law twinned parallel crystals) from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Sphalerite (Spinel-Law twinned parallel crystals) from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Sphalerite (Spinel-Law twinned parallel crystals) from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Sphalerite (Spinel-Law twinned parallel crystals) from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Sphalerite (Spinel-Law twinned parallel crystals) from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Sphalerite (Spinel-Law twinned parallel crystals) from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Sphalerite (Spinel-Law twinned parallel crystals) from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Sphalerite (Spinel-Law twinned parallel crystals) from Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

DESCRIPTION:No. 73965
Mineral:Sphalerite (Spinel-Law twinned parallel crystals)
Locality:Second Sovietskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Description:Aesthetic cluster of lustrous parallel dark-brown metallic-looking sphalerite crystals, twinned following the Spinel Law of twinning. The sphalerite crystals have complex, convoluted shapes with parallel stepped crystallization patterns on the surfaces. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:6.5x6x5 cm
Crystals:10-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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