Description

Schalenblende is a mixture of several minerals, including wurtzite, galena, marcasite and sphalerite.

The extracted blocks are sliced and polished to bring out these superb graphics, clearly showing the deposition phases of the various mineral species, sometimes forming crystals, notably galena.

Specimen from Horhausen in western Germany.

A mineral from the mineralogical collection of the Bally Museum in Schönenwerd, Switzerland (19th century), delivered with its original label and box.

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