| 20hhgd.is ((TETRAHEDRITE, MANGANESE bearing CALCITE, QUARTZ)), FLUORESCENT CALCITE, $35 MINIMUM BID, Casapalca Mine, Huarochiri Province, Lima, Peru, 4 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature | |
_small.jpg) | Excellent sharp lustrous center Tetrahedrite crystals. Some chipping damage to the crystals on the top edge and lower center. Tetrahedrite is soft and could be blasting damage. A sheen of Chalcopyrite coating on the large crystal at the top missing the termination. Fluorescent Manganoan Calcite around edges of specimen. Matrix under the Tetrahedrite is Sphalerite. Quartz cluster lower edge and upper center left of specimen. This was one of my speciments sold to Glenn on this auction back in 2015 to 2017 from the 1999 find. |
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