Sphalerite ant vitreous rhombohedra of cream-colored Dolomite

vitreous rhombohedra of cream-colored Dolomite – some of which are oriented into spherical aggregates – which are sitting atop black Sphalerite

2 cm across

Essentially there is a large central group of blades

and rare light green Paravauxite crystals

2 cm Calcite scalenohedron

Sphalerite ant vitreous rhombohedra of cream-colored DolomiteThis beautiful Sphalerite has a medium yellow hue with golden orange highlights, and when you view it under halogen lighting or in sunlight, you can see the bright shimmering splitting of white light into its constituent colors in prisms and rainbows inside the stone due to the good cutting along with the excellent dispersion of the material. The stone is only very very slightly included, which is important for Sphalerite as not only is it a