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EJL47AO9: A novelty at Sainte Marie 2022
Group of sharp twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, with good luster and an intense reddish orange. On matrix, with cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena and white Calcite crystals. The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 664 in the volume 53, number 5, September-October 2022
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China (12/2021)
Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.4 × 3 cm = 1.61” × 1.34” × 1.18”
Main crystal size: 3.1 × 3 cm = 1.22” × 1.18”
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