Abstract: The paper comprises gemmological and other data on several specimens of faceted rock crystal gemstones from two localities in the Madan ore field, Smolyan Province, and Krumovgrad Municipality, Kardzhali Province, of the Rhodopes, Bulgaria.
Keywords: gemstone, quartz, Rhodopes, rock crystal
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Received: 15 September 2018 · Accepted: 17 January 2019
Editor: Alexi Popov [no longer active]
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Abadjiev S. 2019 Gemmological samples: rock crystal from two localities in the Rhodopes, Bulgaria. Historia naturalis bulgarica 38: 1–4.