SCHALENBLEND FROM BELGIUM

FROM THE SUSPECTED WELKENRAEDT, LIÈGE, WALLONIA IN BELGIUM AN ANCIENT LEAD-ZINC MINING AREA, WORKED FROM THE 16TH CENTURY UNTIL THE LATE 1980'S WHEN THE STEFANIE MINE WAS THE LAST MINE TO CLOSE. THE DEPOSIT IS SITUATED IN A RAISED VALLEY WEST OF VILLACH, WHICH SEPARATES THE DOBRATSCH MASSIF TO THE SOUTH FROM THE GAILTALER ALPEN MTS TO THE NORTH. SCHALENBLENDE CONSISTS OF SPHALERITE AND WURTZITE AND OTHER MINERALS LIKE GALENA AMONG OTHERS. THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN POLISHED ON THE FACE SO YOU CAN SEE THE FLOW OF MINERALIZATION BETTER. CAN YOU SEE THE FACE? 

THIS PIECE MEASURES APPROX 5.1 CM X 4 CM X 1.3 CM