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Galena & Calcite

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Galena & Calcite

Discovery in 1967
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Becke-Oese Quarry, Menden, Iserlohn, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Description

Very nice specimen with cuboctahedrons to 1.4 cm. The surface are parquet. The specimen is unetched, see the calcite crystals.

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