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Galena & Baryte

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Galena & Baryte

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 5.6 × 4.5 cm
Description

For this classic locality - well known for wulfenite - this galena specimen is remarkable. Crystals are rarely sharp terminated like the particular specimen. The crystals show octahedral habit and etched faces. Most galena specimen just show intergrown crystals, but never this nice assemble in combination with matrix and barite. For the locality this one really stands out from the crowd. No significant damages to report.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White