Detailed information
Dimensions
80 x 78 x 31
mm
Weight
142 g
Locality
Hodruša-Hámre mines Hodruša-Hámre, Žarnovica District Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Condition
No recorded repairs
An interesting combination of species and habits, this specimen is dominated by glassy white Calcite crystals up to around 2 cm tall, each capped with an overgrown broader Calcite crystal, so forming sceptre-like capped-crystals. Dispersed amongst these are clusters of intergrown Bournonite crystals, some displaying the cog-wheel habit and all tarnished an iridescent steel-blue with flashes of bronze and red. Sphalerite crystals also occur through the Calcite, usually of a translucent burnt toffee-orange. A great specimen from the P?'bram District in Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic.