Mineral: Sphalerite with Calcite
Locality: Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria, Spain
Dimensions: 4.2 × 3.1 × 1.9 cm

Description: Group of Sphalerite crystals with sharp crystal forms, ranging from translucent to transparent, with good luster and a very unusual green coloration for specimens from this locality. It comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously part of the collection of Carlos Prieto Paramio.

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