Kosovo Rhodochrosite Crystal Cluster with Arsenopyrite from Trepca Mines Indonesian minerals Numerous tourmaline crystals

Numerous tourmaline crystals

Size: 55 x 52 x 30 mm

Minor diopside also present

Axinite is valued by collectors for its distinctive wedge-shaped crystals and pleochroic colors

Triphane is the yellow variety of spodumene

Kosovo Rhodochrosite Crystal Cluster with Arsenopyrite from Trepca Mines Indonesian minerals Numerous tourmaline crystalsThis is a beautiful rhodochrosite & arsenopyrite cluster is from the famous Trepca Mine complex in the Trepca Valley in Kosovo. 58 x 45 x 25 mm. 96 grams. The history of the Trepca 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 privately held companies in Yugoslavia, including Trepca, and turned them