Mineral: Diaphorite on Rhodochrosite and with Galena
Locality: Beschert Glück Mine, Zug, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
Dimensions: 11 x 9.5 x 4.5 cm / main crystal: 1.3 cm

Description: Mass: 701 g MIM number:1930 Elongated and well-formed diaphorite crystals with pointed terminations on a bed of small crystals of pink rhodochrosite. These crystals are considered very large for this rare species. Small galena crystals are interspersed with the diaphorite. Photographer: FMI / Benjamin DeCamp Ex collection: Werner Hermann Paar (Austria)

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