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Galena & Chalcopyrite

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Galena & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Deveti Septemvri Mine, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6.2 × 4.5 cm
Description

 Dramatic upon a quartz matrix, these hollowed cubes of lustrous galena crystals, to 2.1 cm across, exhibit incredible etched, skeletal growth, where only the crystal edges remain.More lustrous than others from here for some reason, and is much more three dimensional in person. For added effect, scattered on the galena are several crystals of bright golden chalcopyrite.Very elegant and well-balanced specimen!

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

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
schani

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