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Galena with Ankerite -old English specimen
Nenthead, Alston Moor District
Cumberland, Cumbria, England
6.2 x 3.8 x 1.6 CM (small cabinet/large miniature)
price: $130
Spring 2019

A dark Galena cube with complex face structures rests on a mix of Ankerite and druzy Quartz. The Ankerite is in two generations the older is translucent the newer is nearly black with inclusions and some faces are iridescent. A cute small cabinet (or large miniature) in perfect, undamaged condition from the historic mines of Nenthead.




Galena with Ankerite -old English specimen
Nenthead, Alston Moor District
Cumberland, Cumbria, England
6.2 x 3.8 x 1.6 CM (small cabinet/large miniature)
price: $130
Spring 2019

A dark Galena cube with complex face structures rests on a mix of Ankerite and druzy Quartz. The Ankerite is in two generations the older is translucent the newer is nearly black with inclusions and some faces are iridescent. A cute small cabinet (or large miniature) in perfect, undamaged condition from the historic mines of Nenthead.