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RM66P8: Complex crystals of Sphalerite of dark honey color and good transparency, partially coated by small crystals of Dolomite and with doubly terminated crystals of Calcite (a species uncommon at this locality in well-formed crytals), with the shape of a scalenohedron but composed of polycrystalline growths of the prism and a terminal rhombohedron.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Picos de Europa massif, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.7 × 4.7 cm = 2.64” × 2.24” × 1.85”
With handwritten note from the Folch Collection (duplicates)
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