skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ


Specimen: #13494
Locality: 9th Septemvri mine (Deveti Septemvri mine), Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size: 58mm x 44mm x 30mm
Size description: Small Cabinet
Shipping: USA 12.80, Canada 11.80, Worldwide 18.90, China via UPS 33.00 (USD)
Status: SOLD

Superb specimen displaying geometrical perfection by silver-metallic skeletal Galena with marvelous Chalcopyrite incrustations. This sculpture sits on transparent Quartz crystals with an interesting detail – one scepter Quartz crystal, which are quite rare for the mine. Very attractive arrangement of stacked and aligned Galena overgrowing each other. Excellent parallel growth of cubes and elongated tetragonal prisms on different axes. They consecutively grow one atop another forming amazing terraced structure. Rich yellow Chalcopyrite crystals sit attractively above. Some Sphalerite is seen too. In very good condition – some small nicks and contacts.

Killer 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

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ