skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ


Specimen: #10969
Locality: 9th Septemvri mine (Deveti Septemvri mine), Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size: 60mm x 53mm x 39mm
Size description: Small Cabinet
Shipping: USA 12.80, Canada 11.80, Worldwide 18.90, China via UPS 33.00 (USD)
Status: SOLD

Gorgeous specimen of skeletal Galena. Very attractive and geometrical arrangement of stacked and aligned Galena crystals overgrowing each other. Excellent parallel growth of cubes and elongated tetragonal prisms on different axes. They grow one atop another forming amazing terraced structure. Some Galena cubes are with truncated corners and some are twinned. The faces are matt lustrous. Yellow Chalcopyrite and black Sphalerite add a nice accent. Some small Quartz crystals are seen too. Displays beautifully from many sides. In very good condition – some small nicks and contacts.
Exceptional specimen from this closed mine – the only one that makes these structures!



skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ