Stephanite

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A narrow 3.0 x 0.6 cm vug is richly lined with well developed Stephanite crystals which are typically 2 to 3 mm long and of a steely grey colour. A mainly creamy-white and flesh-pink massive Calcite forms the matrix with occasional vugs. The matrix has a sawn flat base. From Lill mine which works the ?ernojamsk' Deposit in the B?ezov' Hory Ore Region of P?'bram in the Czech Republic. One vug contains a single hexagonal 'Apatite Group' crystal and patches of massive Proustite or Pyrargyrite emit vivid red flashes when caught in the correct light.