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Galena & Sphalerite

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Galena & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Beez Quarry, Namur, Namur District, Belgium
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 5.2 × 2.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

Lustrous grey metallic galena cubes in a geode lined by hundreds of caramel coloured sphalerite and some marcasite. According to Kevin V.B., the local collector who found the specimen in 2018, only a small area produced a limited amount of such pieces.

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

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