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Galena With Quartz Sphalerite & Pyrite

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Galena With Quartz Sphalerite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Borieva Mine, Madan, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

A group of mirror shine,sharp,lead gray galena crystals (partly covered with white quartz crystal clysters ) are arranged aesthetically on a matrix of sphalerite crystals.A few pyrite crystals are also present.Beautiful and undamaged.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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