AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Bulgaria > Pyrite on Chalcopyrite over Sphalerite with Quartz |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 38489 |
Mineral: | Pyrite on Chalcopyrite over Sphalerite with Quartz |
Locality: | Deveti Septemvri Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria |
Description: | Brassy-yellow chalcopyrite crystals to 14 mm with partial overgrowth of yellow-metallic 1 mm pyrite crystals, on lustrous black tetrahedral sphalerite crystals to 6 mm with translucent colorless quartz crystals to 4 mm on the bottom and rear. |
Overall Size: | 7x6x5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-14 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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