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Galena

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.3 × 6.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.80cm
Description

Historic example of galena with quartz, sphalerite, siderite and chalcopyrite from Schemnitz. Comes with a handwritten detailed 19th century label.

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