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RM2581   Baryte with galena and sphalerite

Aggregates of brilliant and transparent baryte crystals, with a slightly yellow tone. They are accompanied by small crystals of sphalerite, with complex forms, and galena. It comes from the Mines d'Osor, currently closed and from which it is impossible to obtain these specimens. The mine closed in 1979 and had eleven levels, with a 290 meter deep shaft. You can still see the ruins of the old facilities and the well from which sphalerite, galena and fluorite were extracted and treated.

Size: 8.6 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm.
Main crystal: 7 mm.
Found in ±1975.
Col. L. Daunis (Barcelona).
Classic locality
50 €