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Galena & Sphalerite

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Galena & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Seilles, Andenne, Namur District, Belgium
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 15 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Lustrous galena octahedrons on botryoidal brown sphalerite. The matrix consists of layered schalenblende. Very good specimen for the locality. The quarry is no longer in operation, and good specimens are getting very rare.

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

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