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Calcite : CaCO3, Galena : PbS | |
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Yuzhna Petrovitza deposit, Borieva Mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria A large and simply spectacular calcite specimen! The crystals have piled up like stacks of chips into “fingers” or towers, some of them looking as though they are getting ready to topple in one direction or another. The specimen features fine luster and a pretty orange/cream color, and is in pristine condition. The variety of calcites coming ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 26430 View Count: 344 |
Calcite (Var: Manganoan Calcite) : (Ca,Mn)CO3, Calcite : CaCO3, Sphalerite : (Zn,Fe2+)S, Galena : PbS, Quartz : SiO2 | |
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Petrovitsa deposit, Borieva mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria 9x6x9 cm Petrovitsa deposit (Central part, block 6a), Borieva mine Mined 1995 Manganoan calcite in association with calcite, sphalerite, galena and quartz. Anton Ivanov collection and photo. |
| © Anton Ivanov | Photo ID: 209594 View Count: 83 |
Calcite (Var: Manganoan Calcite) : (Ca,Mn)CO3, Galena : PbS, Quartz : SiO2 | |
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Petrovitsa deposit, Borieva mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria 11x5x3 cm Mined 1994 Manganoan calcite (6x2x2x cm) with sub-parallel growth of rhombohedral crystals on silver/metallic etched galena as well as fine-crystal quartz. Anton Ivanov collection and photo. |
| © Anton Ivanov | Photo ID: 212108 View Count: 61 |
Chalcopyrite : CuFeS2, Galena : PbS | |
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Petrovitsa deposit, Borieva mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria Total size of this specimen is 5cm x 4cm. The purple on the chalcopyrite crystal is iridescence. |
| Photo ID: 216851 View Count: 35 | |
Galena : PbS, Quartz : SiO2 | |
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Borieva mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria 7.2 x 6.9 x 5.5 cm. An extremely impressive HAND-SIZED specimen of galena from Eastern Europe, featuring two very large, tightly intergrown crystals with large, architectural faces. One quartz crystal is embedded along a side face of the specimen, and another is sticking up right through the middle of a face! The galena grew right around it. The ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 149388 View Count: 125 |
Galena : PbS | |
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Borieva mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria 6.4 x 5.9 x 4.7 cm. What a beautiful Eastern European galena this is! For one thing, the luster is just fantastic, what I like to call "mirror-metallic." But just as impressive is the architectural, stepped structure. Some of these crystals even have very thin, platy tiers on their faces that add to the interest. Minor quartz and pyrite ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 145056 View Count: 114 |
Galena : PbS | |
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Borieva mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria 9.6 x 9.1 x 4.8 cm. A big, rich specimen of large, blocky cuboctahedral galena crystals, speckled with golden pyrites - from Bulgaria. The galenas measure to over 3 cm. THESE MINES ARE NOW CLOSED AND NOT PRODUCING! |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 157198 View Count: 82 |
Galena : PbS | |
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Borieva mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria An elegant cluster of superbly sharp galena crystals, with accenting pyrite, from Bulgaria. The individual crystals measure to 2.5 cm. 4.0 x 3.4 x 3.3cm |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 54536 View Count: 258 |
Galena : PbS, Quartz : SiO2 | |
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Borieva mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria 5.3 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm. A unique Eastern European galena specimen! If features a single large, floater crystal of galena that has grown around a number of gemmy quartz crystals, arranged perfectly around the periphery of the galena. The large termination face of the galena cants towards you, and you see the tips of the quartzes sticking up around it ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 146844 View Count: 103 |
Galena : PbS | |
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Borieva mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria 7.4 x 6.4 x 3.4 cm. From Eastern Europe, a cluster of sharp, cuboctahedral crystals of galena showing terraced hoppering on some of their faces. There is some accenting golden chalcopyrite as well. |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 154708 View Count: 101 |
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