Slags

Contract DFNI K02/6 – Early mining and metallurgy in the Eastern part of the Srednogorian metallogenic zone (V millennium BC. – I millennium AD). Archaeological, geological and geophysical studies of traces of ancient mining and metallurgy in the Burgas and Yambol ore districts. – Project leader Dr. Sc. Professor Vasil Atanasov. 

Contractors: National Institute of Archaeology with Museum – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and University of Mining and Geology  “St. Ivan Rilski”

The project is ongoing.

Chrysocolla over slag from ancient copper production, size of the field of view 8 mm

Chrysocolla over slag from ancient copper production, size of the field of view 13 mm

Chrysocolla over slag from ancient copper production, size of the field of view 2 mm

Copper drops in slag from ancient metallurgical production

Copper drops in slag from ancient metallurgical production