AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Bulgaria > Sphalerite plus Quartz and Chalcopyrite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 72517 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite plus Quartz and Chalcopyrite |
Locality: | Krushev Dol Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria |
Description: | Lustrous black tetrahedral sphalerite crystals to 16 mm mixed with transparent colorless quartz crystals to 35 mm and yellow-metallic chalcopyrite crystals to 8 mm. The sphalerite crystals are twinned following the Spinel Law of isometric twinning. Collected ca. 1999 |
Overall Size: | 11.5x8.5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 3-35 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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