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Sphalerite & Galena

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Sphalerite & Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 15 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

A nice rib of matrix shoing a rich covering of bright Sphalerite with a vein of well formed galena crystals running through it.  Both front and rear show good sized galena crystals.

Collected in the classic locality of Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Haggs Mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Galena

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

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