skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE


Specimen: #16397
Locality: 9th Septemvri mine (Deveti Septemvri mine), Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size: 52mm x 45mm x 24mm
Size description: Small Cabinet
Shipping: USA 12.80, Canada 11.80, Worldwide 18.90, China via UPS 33.00 (USD)
Status: SOLD

Aesthetic specimen of skeletal Galena with Chalcopyrite from 9th Septemvri mine, Madan ore field, Bulgaria. Very attractive and geometrical 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 other forming amazing terraced structures. Many cubes have parallel truncated corners. The faces are matt lustrous. Attractive decoration is yellow Chalcopyrite and Sphalerite. In very good condition – some small nicks and contacts.

Splendid specimen from this closed mine – the only one that makes these structures!



skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE