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Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite on Quartz from Deveti Septemvri Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

 
Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite on Quartz from Deveti Septemvri Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite on Quartz from Deveti Septemvri Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite on Quartz from Deveti Septemvri Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

DESCRIPTION:No. 38498
Mineral:Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite on Quartz
Locality:Deveti Septemvri Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria
Description:Yellow-metallic chalcopyrite crystals to 6 mm on translucent colorless quartz crystals to 8 mm with large Spinel-law twinned octahedral dark-yellow sphalerite crystals to 11 mm. With strong illumination the sphalerite crystals show translucency.
Overall Size:6x6x3 cm
Crystals:1-11 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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