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Galena On Siderite

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Galena On Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilfe Gottes Mine, Wiemannsbucht, Bad Grund, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Beautiful specimen from an old collection: lustrous galena crystal on good contrasting crystallized siderite matrix.

Ex Armin Wendland collection.

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

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White