CHALCOPYRITE, skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ


Specimen: #9113
Locality: 9th Septemvri mine (Deveti Septemvri mine), Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size: 107mm x 74mm x 50mm
Size description: Cabinet
Shipping: USA 19.85, Canada 11.80, Worldwide 39.50, China via UPS 39.50 (USD)
Status: SOLD

Big and impressive specimen displaying geometrical perfection by silver-metallic skeletal Galena with Chalcopyrite decoration. This sculpture sits on needle Quartzes and black Sphalerite. Very attractive arrangement of stacked and aligned Galena overgrowing each other. Excellent parallel growth of cubes and elongated tetragonal prisms on different axes. They consecutively grow one atop another forming amazing terraced structure. All Galenas are with truncated edges. Golden-yellow Chalcopyrite crystals sit attractively above. Chalcopyrite penetrates in the Galena cubes. In excellent condition – some small nicks.

“Killer” piece from this closed mine – the only one that makes these structures!



CHALCOPYRITE, skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ

CHALCOPYRITE, skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ

CHALCOPYRITE, skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ

CHALCOPYRITE, skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ

CHALCOPYRITE, skeletal GALENA, SPHALERITE, QUARTZ