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Galena & Quartz

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Galena & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Madan, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
19 × 19 × 7 cm
Description

Clusters of grey metallic galena crystals on clear quartz needles with minor calcite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White