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Galena & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Bleiwäsche, Bad Wünnenberg, Detmold, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 5.5 × 4 cm
Description

Very interesting specimen with a galena crystal in a skeletal galena crystal. The inner one and the corners of the 'skeleton' covered with fresh calcite crystals. Plus nice calcite crystals and more galena crystals all around.

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

Calcite

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

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