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Galena & Sphalerite

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Galena & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Becke-Oese Quarry, Menden, Iserlohn, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Grey metallic galena crystals with small dark sphalerite crystals on matrix

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

Sphalerite

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