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Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm
Description

A fine example of Galena from Broken Hill Australia. These are very hard to get...

The faces have mirror lustre and the edges are razor sharp - Quality not often seen these days.

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