Description
The label that comes with this specimen lists the locality as Barenkov, Tashkent in the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan, formerly part of the former Sovjet Union. A deep purple Fluorite crystals to 1 cm are associated with dark brown Sphalerite. The specimen is from the collection of Dr. Pesl, and, the acquiition of which can be dated as pre-1991, when Uzbekistan gained independence from the Sovjet Union; the label says UdSSR (German for USSR).
Paragenesis
Sphalerite