Rosell Minerales
RM2850 Sphalerite
Las Manforas Mine (Áliva), Camaleño, Cantabria, SpainGroup of complex sphalerite crystals with striated facets. Bright, translucent and with a toasted honey color. Exfoliated on the back.
Size: 5.5 x 4 x 2.9 cm.
Col. Joan Astor (Barcelona).
RM2024 Sphalerite
Las Manforas Mine (Áliva), Camaleño, Cantabria, SpainAggregate of sphalerite crystals, with complex faces and intense color when the light passes through it. Back side is recrystalized. From this classic Spanish locality.
Size: 5.5 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm.
RM2007 Sphalerite
Las Manforas Mine (Áliva), Camaleño, Cantabria, SpainAggregate of sphalerite crystals, with complex faces and intense color when the light passes through it. Back side is exfoliated. From this classic locality.
Size: 5 x 4 x 2.8 cm.
RM2008 Sphalerite
Las Mánforas Mine (Áliva), Camaleño, Cantabria, SpainFragment of a sphalerite crystal, with complex faces and intense color when the light passes through it. Back side is exfoliated. From this classic locality.
Size: 5 x 3.8 x 1.5 cm.
RM1933 Sphalerite with dolomite
Las Manforas Mine (Áliva), Camaleño, Cantabria, SpainSpecimen with many years, from the Daunis collection (Barcelona), with the handwritten label. There are several groups of sphalerite crystals, brilliant, translucent with an intense orange color when the light passes through them. They are disposed on a matrix with dolomite crystals. The sample has not been treated, so it presents some areas with small scratches, typical of the time. A great sample from this classic Spanish mine.
Size: 13 x 10 x 5.5 cm.
Main crystal: 28 x 28 mm aggreg.
Found in ±1980.
Col. L. Daunis (Barcelona).
Classic locality

RM1813 Sphalerite
Las Manforas Mine (Áliva), Camaleño, Cantabria, SpainGroup of sphalerite crystals with very marked parallel and polycrystalline growths, with the predominant forms of the tetrahedron, slightly curved in faces and edges, transparent to translucent and brilliant. Toasted honey color. With the light on the backside it lights up in intense orange (see photo).
Found in 1980's.
Col. J.M. Manchión (Barcelona). No.77, 03/1984.

RM1499 Spahlerite with dolomite
Las Manforas Mine (Áliva), Camaleño, Cantabria, SpainOn a white matrix formed by several white dolomite crystals, sharp and with curved faces and edges, we can enjoy a crystal of sphalerite very brilliant, with transparence and a very uniform toasted honey color. Very aesthetic specimen. From a former German Col. Nr.812.
Size: 10.0 x 6.5 x 4.2 cm.
Main crystal: 8 x 5 mm.
Found in 1990s
RM901 Sphalerite with calcite
Las Manforas Mine (Áliva), Áliva, Camaleño, Cantabria, SpainDruse formed by complex interpenetrated sphalerite crystals, with toasted honey color, some transparence and accompanied by calcite crystals. A huge size specimen from a classic Spanish locality.
Size: 11.7 x 6.8 x 4.5 cm.
Main crystal: 13 x 10 mm.
RM533 Sphalerite with dolomite
Las Manforas Mine (Áliva), Camaleño, Cantabria, SpainCurious aggregate of sphalerite crystals formed by several crystals of this sulfur, good brilliance, with sharp faces and edges and some transparence. Very aesthetically disposed on a matrix of white rhombohedral dolomite crystals. From a former German collection. Different than usual.
Size: 10,5 x 9, 8 x 4,0 cm.
Main crystal: 9 x 2 cm. (aggr.)
German col. / Núm. de colección 585.

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