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Galena Sphalerite Baryte & Calcite

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Galena Sphalerite Baryte & Calcite

ex Dr. F. Krantz - no old label
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: 
7.2 × 5.7 × 3.7 cm
Description

A nice oldie (but no old label) from the famous and classic mines of Bleiberg in Carinthia: Lead grey galena crystals with octahedral habit host some aggregates of whiteish sheet-like barite, some small cannon spar calcite and brownish crystals of sphalerite. Increasingly 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

Baryte

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

Calcite

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

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