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Calcite Galena & Quartz

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Calcite Galena & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Madan, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
17 × 15 × 6 cm
Description

Sprays of white calcite crystals with quartz crystals, grey metallic galena crystals and minor sphalerite and pyrite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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