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Located in beautiful Ouray Colorado, our showroom is open by appointment only.
Contact
Call (970) 325-4071 (cell: 970-519-1645) or email Robert for more information.
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Sphalerite, Quartz, Calcite, Galena, Epidote
Replacement ore body
collected by miners 1970s
Mine: Idarado mine
County: Ouray-Telluride area
Location: Ouray-Telluride area
Dimensions: 83 x 59 x 38mm [3 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/2"]
Mineral: Sphalerite
Typical combination of small sulfide crystals, clear quartz crystals, "flowers" of white calcite, and micro bunches of brownish-green epidote crystals. The sphalerite is lustrous black, and the galena is in small cubo-octahedrons. Reference #SM400.
Price: $85.00 (Sold)