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Galena & Quartz

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Galena & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.8 × 2.6 cm
Description

A cluster of needle like quartz crystals are surroundd by a series of complex galena crystals. The galena crystals have finely stepped faces and are a mixture of cubic and octahedral forms. This is an older specimen and comes with an old Australian Minerals 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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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