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Galena

ex Museum of the University of Göttingen, dated 1891
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.60cm
Description

A very classic galena specimen with an antique label dating it to 1891. Very unusually formed, lustrous galena crystals forming an exceptional cluster. Traded in from the Museum of the University of Göttingen.

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

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