Description
Zinkenite is composed of lead sulfide and antimony, and is found here nestled on light-brown rhombohedral siderite. The fluted crystals, with sub-metallic highlights, are of good size for the site and the mineral species. This sample comes from the Saint-Pons ravines, near Barcelonnette, in the Alpes de Haute-Provence, a deposit famous for its rare sulfosalts.
Very beautiful mineralogy.
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