Watch a video of this specimen by following the Vimeo link below: https://vimeo.com/934530927 Here is an outstanding example of very pronounced skeletal growth in galena! This specimen has a high technical interest, let me explain it briefly below: - you are looking here at a 'primary' galena crystal (4.2 cm large) that grew at high rate under skeletal regime, which is supported by this partly hollow internal structure; - this internal structure is visible because the galena crystal underwent natural hydraulic fracturing during a late hydrothermal-tectonic event within the ore deposit; - subsequently, the galena crystal was slightly dissolved and healed due to hydrothermal fluid flow, which carved these hillock-stepped surface patterns on all surfaces; - late generation calcite blades crystallized then near the ancient rock fracture surface at the bottom of the specimen. Without this specific succession of geological events, none could have witnessed the internal skeletal structure of this crystal! This skeletal crystal sits perfectly on a small piece of matrix. A highly didactic and quite aesthetic skeletal galena from Madan! Discovery level -50m (mining face 5 OC) on the 26th of January 2024.