complex Galena, Pyrite and Sphalerite on Quartz

Madan, Rhodope Mts., Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Small Cabinet, 7.0 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Start Time: 03/21/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/01/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A superb and aesthetic, two-sided, combination specimen from the famous base metal mines at Madan. One side of the quartz crystal crust is strikingly and beautifully covered with: lustrous, strongly hoppered, galena crystals to 1.2 cm; mirror-bright, well-striated, interpenetrating, brass-yellow, pyrite cubes; and splendent, jet-black, sphalerite crystals. The other side is all quartz needles. The fabulous "A" side is pristine. A classic, beautiful and outstanding sulfide specimen from this noted locale.

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