Description

Large piece showing a pseudomorphosis of pinkish, mamelonated smithsonite over black sphalerite (blende) and quartz.

A very large mineralogical specimen for this deposit located on the heights of Vaulnaveys, near Vizille in Isère, where iron ore was mined as siderite. An interesting alpine specimen.

Here is a video of this specimen of smithsonite and sphalerite (blende) from Vaulnaveys:

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