Galena Rhodonite Crystals. A classic Aussie mineral & location, great as a specimen for display. Lovely colours and other interesting associated minerals, what looks like Pyrite. Galena showing great cubic crystal form with bright red Rhodonite. This specimen is mounted on a perspex pad for enhanced display.
Location:
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Dimensions:
10.5cm x 7.8cm x 9.1cm, 1108g.
A superb combination of Sphalerite Galena Crystals. This is a top specimen that beautifully displays both crystal shapes in one amazing collectible piece. You will be hard pressed to find a better quality piece than this and we will miss seeing it in the cabinet. Even non-collectors admire pieces of this rarity and it would bring any collection up a notch. Museum quality, it looks even better in person. RocknCrystals specialise in metal specimens from Australia and around the World.
Dimensions:
9cm x 5.4cm x 2.8cm 187g.
Location:
Borieva Mine, Madan, Bulgaria.
Outstanding Truncated Galena Chalcopyrite specimen for your collection. A truly beautiful specimen with almost perfect crystal formations. Truncated Galena, bright Chalcopyrite crystals and a dash of Calcite on the side with little Quartz in the base matrix. The specimen is mounted on a perspex pad for enhanced display.
Dimensions:
4.7cm x 5.6cm x 3.2cm, 152g.
Location:
Borieva Mine, Madan, Bulgaria.
A great specimen of Gemmy Rhodonite Galena Crystal. A cluster of deep red crystal Rhodonite on a Galena matrix. On Sale limited time til 18 02 2017. A classic for the Aussie mineral collection. Very good crystal colour and shape and not so easy to get these days. A worthy addition for any collector. This specimen is mounted on a 5cm x 5cm perspex pad for enhanced display. My photos don’t do this piece justice as they are a little blurry and it is darker red to the live eye..
Location:
Broken Hill, New South Wales.
Dimensions:
6cm x 8.2cm x 2.8cm, 275g.
An outstanding specimen with Chalcopyrite Galena Quartz and Sphalerite. Terminated Quartz, with chunky Galena crystals topped by large Chalcopyrite crystals and with Sphalerite on top. What an amazing combo showing large chunks of well formed crystals with great colour contrast. A very collectible specimen.
Location:
Krushev Dol Mine, Madan, Bulgaria.
Dimensions:
9cm x 8cm x 9cm, 1086g.
A stunning large solid Galena Cluster with some Sphalerite Crystals. This is a chunky piece showing excellent crystals of galena. The sphalerite also exhibits the perfect crystal shape. Some quartz also appears in the piece. This is a super example of metal crystals that will grace any collection. A beaut specimen.
Location:
Borieva Mine, Madan, Bulgaria
Dimensions:
10cm x 9cm x 7cm, 1366g
An unusual cluster with Chalcopyrite Galena Sphalerite all in one! A classic mineral combo from Madan of three important ores. The matrix is a mix of galena and sphalerite with cubic chalcopyrite crystals on top. Several of the chalco crystals on the specimen are multicoloured, giving the whole piece an otherworldly appearance. A great addition to a metals collection for the formation and location.
Location:
Krushev dol Mine, Madan, Bulgaria
Dimensions:
11cm x 7cm x 3cm, 439g
Fine terminated quartz crystals galena matrix specimen. Excellent terminations on the galena cubes and clear quartz make for a collectable piece. Bargain price.
Location:
Quangong, China.
Dimensions:
3.5cm high x 8cm wide x 5.5cm deep, 142g.
An incredible metal specimen featuring Galena Quartz Sphalerite crystals. The base of Galena is covered in tetrahedral Sphalerite with cubic Galena crystals on top. Thin, clear, terminated Quartz crystals cluster around them. Some pyrite or chalcopyrite is also visible on the matrix. This is why Bulgarian minerals are so cool and so highly sought after. To have 3 perfect crystal shapes on one specimen is awesome!
Location:
Borieva Mine, Madan, Bulgaria.
Dimensions:
8cm x 5cm x 2cm, 178g.
A stunning cluster of modified Galena cubes, on a base of drusy Calcite. This is the kind of piece that gives people rockspox! Featuring clean, sharp galena cubes with modified octahedral faces, lots of them. A stand-out piece even by Madan standards and a super-collectible metal specimen.
Location:
Krushev dol Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria.
Dimensions:
9cm x 8cm x 5cm, 406g.
