Description/Interesting Notes:
A fantastic example of sphalerite and covellite from Butte!!! This specimen consists of a showy cluster of finely bladed
covellite crystals with a complex greenish brown sphalerite crystal on a matrix of tiny quartz points!!! There
are several complete, hexagonal crystals of covellite present in addition to the network of complexly intergrown crystals!!!
The covellite crystals have brilliant metallic luster and intense purple-blue-magenta iridescence!!! The matrix hosts
numerous small quartz points, however upon
close inspection with a loupe or a scope, one can see some scattered, whisker-thin, colorless crystals of unknown identity present
among the specimen (possibly selenite?)!!! There are also some tiny unidentified pseudo-octahedral colorless crystals as well!!! Simply
gorgeous in person!!!
The pics hardly do it justice!!! Must be seen in person to be fully appreciated!!!
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