Sphalerite with Quartz (Ref: SV2160TFX)
José Maestre Tunnel, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain
58mm x 57mm x 13mm
Aggregate of very sharp Sphalerite crystals (variety marmatite), with very well defined spinel-law twinning, intense black color, very lustrous, and aerial.Although it might appear that this specimen comes from the Trepča mining complex, its origin is really the José Maestre tunnel in the La Unión-Cartagena mining district, Spain, and it has a high quality compared to the specimens we usually see from there.
José Maestre Tunnel, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Region of Murcia (Murcia) Spain
Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.7 × 1.3 cm = 2.28” × 2.24” × 0.51”
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”
From: Fabre Minerals
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