Calcite (Var: Manganese-bearing Calcite), Quartz, Sphalerite, Galena
Gibraltar Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.3 x 6.3 x 5.0 cm. A fine, attractive and highly aesthetic Manganoan Calcite from Naica, featuring beautiful, soft pink, sharp, somewhat isolated, free-standing rhombs up to 2.3 cm across which are partially coated by a thin layer of Quartz are sitting upon a matrix of Quartz, Sphalerite, Galena and Pyrite. In great shape overall with excellent ...
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