Galena, Quartz

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These incredibly elegant hollowed-out galena crystals were the surprise hits of both the Denver and Munich shows. They formed from a natural process of etching and are thus termed "skeletal" crystals. This well-balanced matrix galena specimen is covered by a bed of green, chloritic to colorless, gemmy, lustrous quartz crystals, to 1.2 cm long. Perched aesthetically on the quartz are two lustrous, skeletal, battleship-gray galena crystals, to 1.2 cm across. Truly dramatic and unusual! More 3-dimensional in person, too! The mine is closed. Expect no more.