AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Bulgaria > Galena (Spinel-law twinned crystals) with Sphalerite and Quartz |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 49765 |
Mineral: | Galena (Spinel-law twinned crystals) with Sphalerite and Quartz |
Locality: | Krushev Dol Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria |
Description: | Lustrous black tetrahedral sphalerite crystals to 5 mm and slender transparent colorless quartz crystals to 11 mm on gray-metallic galena. Standing upright in the center is a flattened galena formation of Spinel-law twinned on the octahedral {111} faces. |
Overall Size: | 6x5x5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-11 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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