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SB91AB0: Aggregates of unusually elongated and twinned crystals, between transparent and translucent, and partially coated by a group of small, very bright, cubo-octahedral Galena crystals. The sample is very esthetic and has an unusual shape for the species. It is an old European classic that Stoppani acquired in exchange with the Museé de l’Ècole des Mines of Paris and it is with an old label of Louis Sæmann
Fallowfield Mine, Acomb, Hexham, Tyne Valley, Northumberland England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 5 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.97” × 1.65” × 1.06”
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.47” × 0.12”
Minor fluorescence short UV
Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani
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