skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ


Specimen: #14967
Locality: 9th Septemvri mine (Deveti Septemvri mine), Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size: 92mm x 45mm x 43mm
Size description: Small Cabinet
Shipping: USA 12.80, Canada 11.80, Worldwide 18.90, China via UPS 33.00 (USD)
Status: SOLD

Rich combo of skeletal Galena with Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite and Quartz from 9th Septemvri mine, Madan ore field, Bulgaria. Displays very attractive stepped Galena growth, forming gorgeous terraced structures. The Galena cubes are matt lustrous and sharp. All of them have truncated parallel corners. Black Sphalerite tetrahedrons with lustrous faces intergrow with yellow Chalcopyrite. The Quartz crystals enrich the specimen.  The bottom is sawed. In good condition – some small damages.
Choice specimen from this closed mine – the only one that makes these structures!



skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ

skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ

skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ

skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ

skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ