Baumhauerite (ex Bern Mus. & Fioravanti Coll.)

Lengenbach Quarry, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
Miniature, 4.9 x 4.5 x 2.7 cm
Start Time: 05/16/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/23/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

From the famous Type Locality for this rare lead, arsenic sulfosalt species, here is a beautiful, splendent, striated, 5 mm crystal in a protected cavity of sugary dolomite matrix. This is a large crystal for the locale. Ex Giancarlo Fioravanti Collection and obtained in a trade with the Bern Museum in 1965. Old and classic material.

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