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Galena Chalcopyrite & Quartz

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Galena Chalcopyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16.5 × 14 × 5 cm
Description

Galena on qartz from Herdorf, Siegen, Germany.

A large and really extraordinary specimen - well formed and detached galena on snow-white quartz matrix. Partly sole standing galena and inbetween a few golden chalcopyrite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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