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Galena & Calcite

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Galena & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 8 × 5 cm
Description

Intergrown grey metallic galena crystals with a calcite scalenohedron and minor chalcopyrite 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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White