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Spessartine On Galena

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Spessartine On Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 2.8 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Dark brown - almost black - spessartine crystals on and in galena.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spessartine

Formula: 
Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sommer quarry, Wendelberg, Haibach, Aschaffenburg, Spessart, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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