GALENA
Specimen gal-39
$ 240.00Dims: 5.59x2.49x1.79" (14.20x6.32x4.54cm)
Wt: 17.57oz (498g)
Madan Mining District, Rhodope Mountains, Plovdiv District, Bulgaria
This galena specimen presents its crystals atop a base of prismatic quartz crystals. The galena is relatively clean and lustrous, with the typical metallic gray color. No two galena crystals seem to have the same shape, although they are generically cubes with truncated points, such that (if any were complete) they would have 14 faces. But they are not complete, and some are more nearly cubes than others, and many show stepped growth patterns, a few to a large degree. Also, several of the galena crystals have significant cavities in one or more sides. The quartz crystals have milky bases and transparent tips. I like this specimen because it presents well.