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Galena & Sphalerite

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Galena & Sphalerite

ex coll. Uwe Niemeyer
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Trzebionka Mine, Gmina Trzebinia, Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.7 × 5.5 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.60cm
Description

Very beautiful two-sided specimen of very fine rare cuboctahedral twinned galena crystals up to 2.6 cm on greenish sphalerite micro-crystals. The galena crystals are lustrous and show very interesting multiple twinning. An exceptional specimen.

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

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