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Galena & Sphalerite On Quartz

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Galena & Sphalerite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 8.1 × 3.5 cm
Description

A bed of sparkling quartz crystals is richly covered with well formed lustrous black crystals of sphalerite and grey cube-octahderal crystals of galena to 1.7cms diameter.  This specimen is from a recent find.

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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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Quartz

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

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