Calcite with Galena replacing Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
specimen number:
3332158
location:
Trepca, Kosovo
description:
Nice combination piece showing flattened translucent pearly colorless crystals of calcite to 1.3 cm across on matrix with flattened crystals of what were once pyrrhotite to 3.0 cm now replaced by galena. Sphalerite present as well. In very good condition.
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