AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Bulgaria > Galena (Spinel Law-twinned), Sphalerite, Pyrite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 75958 |
Mineral: | Galena (Spinel Law-twinned), Sphalerite, Pyrite |
Locality: | Gyudyurska Mine, Zlatograd, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria |
Description: | Lustrous gray-metallic octahedral galena crystals to 14 mm with lustrous translucent dark-brown sphalerite crystals to 2 mm and lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 6 mm. Many of the galena crystals are twinned following the Spinel Law. |
Overall Size: | 5.5x4x2 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 14 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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