AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Bulgaria > Sphalerite on Chalcopyrite over Galena |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 81384 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite on Chalcopyrite over Galena |
Locality: | Angel Yanakiev Mine, Madan District, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria |
Description: | Lustrous black sphalerite crystals to 8 mm on lustrous yellow-metallic chalcopyrite crystals to 29 mm over lustrous gray-metallic cubic galena crystals to 17 mm. Many of the crystal faces on the outer edges are contacts from adjacent crystals. Ex. Ross Lillie; mined in 1995 |
Overall Size: | 4.5x4x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 2-29 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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