AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Bulgaria > Galena (Spinel Law twinned crystals) and Pyrite on Sphalerite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 75775 |
Mineral: | Galena (Spinel Law twinned crystals) and Pyrite on Sphalerite |
Locality: | Deveti Septemvri Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria |
Description: | Lustrous gray-metallic galena crystals to 20 mm on lustrous translucent yellow sphalerite crystals up to 8 mm with scattered yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 9 mm. The galena crystals are twinned following the Spinel Law of isometric twinning. |
Overall Size: | 6.5x4x4 cm |
Crystals: | 1-20 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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