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Galena & Sphalerite

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Galena & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Krushev Dol Mine, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.8 × 2.7 cm
Description

Skeletal cubes of galena with slightly "melted" corners and a few small orange/black sphalerite crystals on top.

An attractive little specimem.

Condition
General: 
Very good - Some very minor marks
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
Peter Crozier Minerals