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Galena Sphalerite & Calcite

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Galena Sphalerite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Diepenlinchen Mine, Mausbach, Stolberg, Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7.5 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

A very typical specimen from the Diepenlinchen Mine in Mausbach near Stolberg with a rich coverage of grey metallic galena crystals up to 5 mm, white well-formed calcite crystals up to 7 mm on a bed of spherical sphalerite clusters. A pre-1919 specimen in very good condition, hard to find nowadays.

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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