Quartz with Calcite

specimen number:
2312502

location:
Petrovitza Mine, Madan, Smolyon, Bulgaria

description:

A large cluster of glassy mostly gemmy colorless quartz crystals with minor calcite. Aesthetic and in very good condition.

The Petrovitza Mine, situated within the famous Madan ore field of the Smolyan Province in southern Bulgaria, is part of a major lead, zinc, and silver mining district with a rich history spanning from ancient Thracian and Roman times to intensive modern industrial exploitation during the twentieth century. Geologically, the deposit is located within a metamorphic core complex of the Central Rhodopes, where hydrothermal quartz-sulfide veins and skarn-replacement bodies formed along major fault structures interacting with marble horizons. Mineralogically, Petrovitza and the broader Madan district are world-renowned among museum curators and collectors for producing exceptional, high-quality specimens of galena, sphalerite, pyrite, quartz, and distinctive carbonate minerals like poker-chip calcite.

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