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Quartz Pyrite & Galena

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Quartz Pyrite & Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Borieva Mine, Madan, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 8 × 4.5 cm
Description

Superb specimen of translucent white quartz crystals, up to 3 cm in size, associated with a second generation of tiny quartz crystals and lustrous pyrite and galena crystals.  Notice how the secondary minerals have grown on only one side of the larger quartz crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Pyrite

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

Galena

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

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