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Galena & Pyrite

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Galena & Pyrite

ex. collection Shuki Sirakov, Madan, Bulgaria
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Description
Locality: 
Borieva Mine, Madan, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.5 × 3 cm
Weight: 
39.00gr
Description

Twnned galena crystals with sharp edges at one side. The other side has skeletal and "molten" features covered in pyrite cubes. Floater from a recent find.

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

Pyrite

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

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