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Sphalerite$400.00
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Originating from a storied historic locality, this is an excellent cabinet specimen of lustrous red-orange sphalerite crystals that range from under a millimeter to over a centimeter across. The front features larger deep red, “ruby-jack” crystals, and the back of the piece is fully coated with smaller yet just as lustrous red-orange sphalerite. Picher Field was a productive lead-zinc mining district in the Tri-State area from the 1870s to the 1970s. Unfortunately, the town of Picher, OK was declared a “Superfund” hazardous waste site unsafe for habitation and disincorporated in 2009; it is now a ghost town.
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SizeCabinet
Dimensions12.4 x 8.1 x 3.3 cm
Locality
SKU23494
Listed on11/06/2024
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