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Galena & Baryte

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Galena & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Christian Levin Coal Mine, Dellwig, Ruhr, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 4.7 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Description

A very nice combination piece with galena crystals up to 1 cm together with a 1.8 cm large barite crystal on matrix.
This is a really hard to get piece from a long closed coalmine in the Ruhr coal mining area.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Cartils Minerals

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