skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ, CHALCOPYRITE


Specimen: #12819
Locality: 9th Septemvri mine (Deveti Septemvri mine), Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size: 68mm x 37mm x 34mm
Size description: Small Cabinet
Shipping: USA 8.60, Canada 11.80, Worldwide 12.80, China via UPS 29.00 (USD)
Status: SOLD

Super skeletal Galena. Very attractive arrangement of stacked and aligned Galena overgrowing each other. Excellent parallel growth of cubes and elongated tetragonal prisms on different axes. They grow one atop another forming an amazing terraced structure. The Galena cubes are with truncated corners, matt lustrous and show some twinning. Some black Sphalerite octahedrons with truncated tips grow around. Small Quartzes and yellow Chalcopyrite crystals are seen too. In very good condition – some nicks and contacts.

Interesting piece from this closed mine – the only one that makes these structures!!



skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ, CHALCOPYRITE

skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ, CHALCOPYRITE

skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ, CHALCOPYRITE

skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ, CHALCOPYRITE