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Trip to Madan, Bulgaria
This trip promised well much before we left Poland. I knew that the new, exceptional specimens had been coming out around the Madan area since December 2011 but had no time to visit Bulgaria before. Tomasz Praszkier
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General view to Madan`s main square, minaret of a mosque on the left and Gorubco building in the center. T. Praszkier photo.
Striking miners on the main square. T. Praszkier photo.
Mines in the Madan area, note the location of Krushev Dol mine.
Sign at the entrance to the Krushev Dol mine. T. Praszkier photo.
One of the only existing (poor quality) photos of the huge new pocket with cleiophanes in Krushev Dol mine.
Some of the huge specimens (all need serious trimming) from the new cleiophane pocket. T. Praszkier photo.
One of the new cleiophanes from Krushev Dol mine associated with quartz and galena. T. Praszkier photo.
Huge specimens of new cleiophanes. T. Praszkier photo.
Cleiophane with quartz and galena. T. Praszkier photo.
Cleiophane with quartz, specimen 5 cm. G. Bijak photo.
Gem cleiophane with quartz. G. Bijak photo.
Gem cleiophane with quartz. G. Bijak photo.
Cleiphane on quartz, specimen 9.5 cm. G. Bijak photo.
Cleiophane on quartz. G. Bijak photo.
Gem cleiophane with quartz.. G. Bijak photo.
Huge cleiophane crystals with galena, chalcopyrite and quartz, specimen 10 cm. G. Bijak photo.
Close up of specimen showed above. G. Bijak photo.
The same specimen with backlight. G. Bijak photo.
Cleiophane on quartz. G. Bijak photo.
Cleiophane on quartz. G. Bijak photo.
Another cleiophane with quartz and galena, specimen 12 cm big. G. Bijak photo.
Close up of specimen showed above. G. Bijak photo.
Cleiohane with a backlight. G. Bijak photo.
Extremely lustrous and sharp galena spinel law twinned crystals with quartz from Krushev Dol mine, specimen 9 cm big. G. Bijak photo.
Spinel law twinned galena with quartz on sphalerite from Krushev Dol mine. T. Praszkier photo.
Extremely lustrous and sharp galena spinel law twinned crystals with quartz from Krushev Dol mine. T. Praszkier photo.
Superb specimen of huge spinel law twinned galena crystals with quartz from Krushev Dol mine. T. Praszkier photo.
Mines in the Madan area, note location of the 9th September mine. T. Praszkier photo.
On the way to one of the mine entrances. T. Praszkier photo.
Partly flooded mine tunnel. T. Praszkier photo.
Partly flooded mine tunnel. T. Praszkier photo.
Old shoos covered with the must. T. Praszkier photo.
Partly collapsed mine tunnel - very difficoult place to pass. T. Praszkier photo.
Another partly flooded mine tunnel - crystalline clear water. T. Praszkier photo.
Jurek with a mining cart. T. Praszkier photo.
Old shoring. T. Praszkier photo.
Another collapsed zone we had to go through. T. Praszkier photo.
Finally arrived to the zone with pockets. T. Praszkier photo.
Collecting! T. Praszkier photo.
Jurek digging in the zone rich in pockets. T. Praszkier photo.
Cleaned pockets. T. Praszkier photo.
Collecting. T. Praszkier photo.
Big cleaned cavity. T. Praszkier photo.
Small pocket with quartz and galena. T. Praszkier photo.
Quartz and galena in situ in the pocket. T. Praszkier photo.
Natural skeletal galena collected by us in one of the pockets, size about 3 cm. G. Bijak photo.
Flattened galena crystal. T. Praszkier photo.
Skeletal galena crystal. T. Praszkier photo.
Skeletal galena crystal. T. Praszkier photo.
Skeletal galena crystal. T. Praszkier photo.
Freshly collected quartz with galena. T. Praszkier photo.
Small pocket with quartz crystals. T. Praszkier photo.
Old pocket partly filled with water. T. Praszkier photo.
Huge stope where the cleiophane crystals occure. T. Praszkier photo.
Collecting in cleiophane`s zone. T. Praszkier photo.
Examining cleiophane`s zone. T. Praszkier photo.
Cleiophane`s zone. T. Praszkier photo.
Green clay filling pockets is very typical for many 9th September localities. T. Praszkier photo.
The vug with green quartz crystals. T. Praszkier photo.
Zone with cleiophane crystals on quartz. T. Praszkier photo.
Cleiophane with galena on quartz in situ. T. Praszkier photo.
Collecting cleiphanes. T. Praszkier photo.
Cute thumbnail of sphalerite with quartz. T. Praszkier photo.
Cleiophane on quartz. T. Praszkier photo.
The same specimen in the backlight. T. Praszkier photo.
Another cleiophane. T. Praszkier photo.
Later we moved further inside the mine. T. Praszkier photo.
And climbed to the upper horiozns. T. Praszkier photo.
Our head lights in the darkness. T. Praszkier photo.
Climbing to the upper horiozns. T. Praszkier photo.
In the huge stope. T. Praszkier photo.
Mining dam with opening made by mineral collectors. T. Praszkier photo.
Metamorphic rocks with marble bodies in one of the stopes. T. Praszkier photo.
Another huge stope - rich in pockets. T. Praszkier photo.
Jurek in the pocket zone. T. Praszkier photo.
Huge cleaned pocket. T. Praszkier photo.
Pocket with galena. T. Praszkier photo.
Galena crystals in situ with drops of water. T. Praszkier photo.
Big pocket with galena crystals. T. Praszkier photo.
Another pocket with quartz. T. Praszkier photo.
Pocket with good quality galena crystals.
Pocket with good quality galena crystals.
Pocket with calcite crystals.
Jurek with self collected specimen of calcite on quartz. T. Praszkier photo.
Huge specimen of galena - to heavy to take it back. T. Praszkier photo.
Skeletal galena on quartz. T. Praszkier photo.
Mines in the Madan area, note the location of Gidiurska mine.
At the entrance to the Giudiurska mine. Fot. J. Jaszczyszyn
Unique photos of huge galena pocket discovered in Gidiurska mine - 8 miners could collect there at once!
Galena in situ on the walls of the huge pocket in Gidiurska mine.
Galena in situ on the walls of the huge pocket in Gidiurska mine.
Freshly collected galena specimens.
Collecting in the huge pocket in Gidiurska mine.
Georgiej collecting in the superb pocket.
One of thousends of specimens collected from the pocket shown above. G. Bijak photo.
View to the Borieva mine in the snow. T. Praszkier photo.
After visiting area we visited some of the miners. T. Praszkier photo.
Mixture of specimens. T. Praszkier photo.
Bamzy proudly presenting golden gypsum plate with his name - note the quartz crystals. T. Praszkier photo.
Our friend Shukrit examining the specimens. T. Praszkier photo.
Isn`t that good place to keep specimens? T. Praszkier photo.
After leaving Madan we drove to Batchkovo Monastyr. T. Praszkier photo.
Batchkovo Monastyr. T. Praszkier photo.
Batchkovo Monastyr. T. Praszkier photo.
Our next stop was the Laki mining area.
Mines in the Laki area, this time we visited Djurkovo mine.
Head frame of the Djurkovo mine. T. Praszkier photo.
Going into the mine. T. Praszkier photo.
Ready to go underground. T. Praszkier photo.
In the lift. T. Praszkier photo.
Again in the mine corridors. T. Praszkier photo.
Going through the mine tunnels. T. Praszkier photo.
In the mine. T. Praszkier photo.
Jurek with the marble body. T. Praszkier photo.
Fault zone. T. Praszkier photo.
Going down to the lower mine workings. T. Praszkier photo.
Going down with wooden ledders. T. Praszkier photo.
Pockets with quartz. T. Praszkier photo.
Pockets with quartz crystals. T. Praszkier photo.
Mining area full of dust. T. Praszkier photo.
Examining the main vein. T. Praszkier photo.
Main ore vein built by quartz, galena and pyrite. T. Praszkier photo.
Jurek at the working face ready to start to drill... T. Praszkier photo.
Underground with our friends. T. Praszkier photo.
Jurek tried also to drive the mining train. T. Praszkier photo.
Mining train full of the ore. T. Praszkier photo.
Ready to go up after our visit. T. Praszkier photo.
Again at the surface. T. Praszkier photo.
Quartz specimen from the Djurkovo mine. T. Praszkier photo.
Quartz with calcite from the Djurkovo mine. T. Praszkier photo.
Quartz specimen from the Djurkovo mine. T. Praszkier photo.
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