| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Bulgaria > Galena with Sphalerite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 46695 |
| Mineral: | Galena with Sphalerite |
| Locality: | Borieva Reka Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria |
| Description: | Large gray-metallic cubo-octahedral galena crystals to 60 mm across with lustrous black tetrahedral Spinel-law twinned sphalerite crystals to 6 mm. The surfaces of the galena crystals have satin luster and exhibit unusual convex growth patterns in areas. |
| Overall Size: | 12x10x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-60 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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