skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ


Specimen: #10037
Locality: 9th Septemvri mine (Deveti Septemvri mine), Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size: 48mm x 41mm x 37mm
Size description: Miniature
Shipping: USA 8.60, Canada 11.80, Worldwide 12.80, China via UPS 29.00 (USD)
Status: SOLD

Neat specimen displaying silver-metallic skeletal Galena intergrown with Chalcopyrite. 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 amazing terraced structure. Yellow Chalcopyrite crystals sit attractively above. Chalcopyrite penetrates in the Galena cubes. Small Quartzes are seen too. The specimen is complete all over with small contacts areas. In good condition – some small nicks and contacts.

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



skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ