AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Bulgaria > Sphalerite and Galena on Quartz |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 38518 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite and Galena on Quartz |
Locality: | Deveti Septemvri Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria |
Description: | Gray metallic cubo-octahedral galena crystals up to 12 mm across with translucent dark-yellow Spinel-law twinned sphalerite crystals up to 4 mm and colorless quartz crystals up to 2 mm on the rear. The largest galena crystals exhibit hoppered growth. |
Overall Size: | 5.5x5x3 cm |
Crystals: | 1-12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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