Sphalerite Cluster with Rhodochrosite from Trepça Mines, Kosovo - Natural Minerals and Crystals trepca South Sumatra

South Sumatra

Location Shigar Valley

to 8 x 8 at the smallest

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Sphalerite Cluster with Rhodochrosite from Trepça Mines, Kosovo - Natural Minerals and Crystals trepca South SumatraThis is a beautiful, natural crystal cluster with lustrous black sphalerite and salmon color rhodochrosite. This piece is from the famous Trepa Mine complex in the Trepa Valley in Kosovo. Size: 65 x 45 x 30 mm. 96 grams. The history of the Trepa Mines traces back the Middle Ages. Modern operations began with the establishment of Trepca Mining and Metallurgical Complex in the 1920s. After World War II, the communist government nationalized all