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Galena & Quartz

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Galena & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Krushev Dol Mine, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.5 × 3.6 cm
Description

Beautiful highly lustrous galena with brilliant metallic luster grown on green quartz matrix with green quartz crystals. The galena shows a lively structure. The bright green quartz crystals are grown on the galena and give a nice contrast. Well crystallized, undamaged - bottom was extracted from the rock.

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

Quartz

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