MINERAL MINI COLLECTION

MINERAL MINI COLLECTION

Introducing an amazing Mineral Mini Collection.  Four outstanding yet affordable minerals from Bulgaria to kickstart your collection.  Each of these pieces is collectible in its own right.  They are an excellent example of the minerals mined at the world famous Madan Ore Fields of Bulgaria.  This area has been mined since before Roman times for its abundance of metals, many of high purity.  Individually priced at $25 each we are pricing these at just $90 for the lot!  The specimens are in 5cm square boxes to give you an idea of size.

Mineral Specimens:

Quartz Crystals with Manganocalcite
The Quartz crystals are tucked underneath the fluorescent Manganocalcite blades on this one.  Also featuring excellent Sphalerite crystals and some Galena too.  One photo taken under long wave UV light.

Galena Crystals
A super cluster of Galena with great crystal shape, framed on one side and underneath with great little Calcite crystals.  This piece is best seen under magnification to appreciate the crystal structure.

Sphalerite with Quartz
A matrix of Sphalerite Crystals with perfect thin Quartz Crystals rising up from the base.  A really nice example of the crystal shape shows in both minerals.

Quartz Crystals with Inclusions
This little cluster is quite amazing, four main Quartz crystals growing together with Pyrite on the base and inclusions inside the Quartz of Sphalerite and Pyrite.  This piece alone is worth more than all of them combined, due to these inclusions.  Note some of the photos make the quartz look sheared off but all crystals are terminated.

Quartz: SiO₂
Sphalerite: ZnS
Galena: PbS
Manganoan Calcite: (Ca,Mn)CO₃
Pyrite: FeS₂

See our other categories for more beautiful specimens of metals and fluorescent minerals.