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Here’s a photo showing the damage up close and personal. I like to think that a famous German mineralogist scratched the face and then blow-piped it (yes, look at the lower left quadrant of the spinel-twinned crystal. I DON’T CARE. Yes, it’s unfortunate that it has been damaged, but hey, now I can make up a story to go with the damage. And I have a way to show how a blowpipe affects galena. Bottom line, I like it, I bought it for my own enjoyment, and I do not consider it to be an "investment". (Author: Ed Huskinson)