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A late-deposited colloform banded sphalerite from Pcheloyad and Sporno deposits in samples from the Earth and Man National Museum was studied. Its composition is very close to the theoretical one for sphalerite. Iron, gallium, cadmium and indium are established as trace elements in concentrations lower than those in earlier deposited sphalerite generations. The presence of wurtzite was proved by X-ray powder diffraction. A similar low-temperature colloform banded sphalerite of the Schalenblende type has so far not been described in the lead-zinc Zvezdel-Pcheloyad ore field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Osakaite, a new mineral for Bulgaria, was discovered in stalactites from the Gyudyurska mine, South Petrovitsa deposit, South Rhodope. The chemical composition determines isomorphous inclusion of Cu2+ and composition (Zn3Cu)(OH)6(SO4)•5H2O. The mineral is a product of the interaction of mine waters passing through Zn and Cu-sulfide ores. During prolonged storage in atmospheric conditions, part of the osakaite crystals were dehydrated to the formation of the minerals namuwite Zn3Cu(OH)6(SO4)•4H2O and lahnsteinite Zn3Cu(OH)6(SO4)•3H2O. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]