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Galena With Sphalerite & Pyrite

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Galena With Sphalerite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Mogul Mine, Silvermines, County Tipperary, Irish Republic (Eire)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3.2 × 2.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Nice lustrous galena crystals with dark honey-brown sphalerite, brassy pyrite and some dolomite. From a very rarely offered locality.

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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