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Galena Sphalerite & Calcite

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Galena Sphalerite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Mine #9, Vromopoussi, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.3 × 6.8 × 3.5 cm
Description

Sulphides are extremely rare from Lavrion and this is a nice combo example. The piece hosts well-formed crystals of galena with contrasting beige calcite and almost black, well-formed crystals of sphalerite on them.

ex Konstantinos Papaspyropoulos collection.

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

Calcite

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

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