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MD-38515
Galena, Sphalerite, Quartz
Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Cabinet, 15.8 x 14.7 x 5.4 cm
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Mined in the 1980's in Bulgaria, this is a VERy large, STRIKING specimen of big, lustrous galena crystals (to 3 cm), some with a glittery coating of golden chalcopyrite, intergrown with large, complex crystals of sphalerite (to over 2 cm). The galenas and sphalerites are on a bed of slender quartz needles. 15.8 x 14.7 x 5.4 cm