skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE


Specimen: #19273
Locality: 9th Septemvri mine (Deveti Septemvri mine), Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size: 38mm x 35mm x 39mm
Size description: Miniature
Shipping: USA 12.80, Canada 11.80, Worldwide 18.90, China via UPS 33.00 (USD)
Status: SOLD

Superb specimen of skeletal Galena crystals decorated with Sphalerite 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 another forming amazing terraced structure. The faces are matt lustrous. Black Sphalerite tetrahedral crystals are seen too. In very good condition – some contacts.

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



skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE

skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE

skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE

skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE