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Galena With Marcasite & Sphalerite

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Galena With Marcasite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Picher Field, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.8 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.50cm
Description

Very nice brassy marcasite crystals on intergrown galena crystals up to 3.5 cm. Some interestinglöy formed second generation galena crystals eminate from the cube's surface. A little dark brown sphalerite on top. A very rarely seen combination.

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

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Sphalerite

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

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