AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Bulgaria > Galena (Spinel-law twinned crystals) with Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 66325 |
Mineral: | Galena (Spinel-law twinned crystals) with Quartz |
Locality: | Krushev Dol Mine, Davidkovo, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria |
Description: | Brilliantly lustrous gray-metallic galena crystals to 5 mm with transparent colorless quartz crystals to 14 mm. The galena crystals are twinned following the Spinel Law of isometric twinning, resulting in thin, platy parallel crystal aggregates to 28 mm. |
Overall Size: | 6.5x6.5x4.5 cm |
Crystals: | 3-14 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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