Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Quartz & Galena

Views:
Watches:
BGM219527

Quartz & Galena

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Borieva Mine, Madan, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.5 × 5 cm
Description

Cuboctahedral galena crystals on quartz. One well formed galena crystal is isolated and grows right in the middle of radiating quartz crystal cluster. A very aesthetic specimen!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Galena

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

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps