skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, PYRITE


Specimen: #18330
Locality: 9th Septemvri mine (Deveti Septemvri mine), Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size: 72mm x 47mm x 26mm
Size description: Small Cabinet
Shipping: USA 12.80, Canada 11.80, Worldwide 18.90, China via UPS 33.00 (USD)
Status: SOLD

Superb specimen of skeletal Galena decorated with Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite and Pyrite from the famous Madan ore field, Bulgaria. It displays 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. The faces are matt lustrous. Attractive decoration is yellow Chalcopyrite crystals. Brassy Pyrite cubes are seen inside the Chalcopyrite. They are lustrous. Black Sphalerite is seen too. In very good condition – some nicks and contacts.

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



skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, PYRITE

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, PYRITE

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, PYRITE

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, PYRITE

skeletal GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, PYRITE