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Galena On Sphalerite

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Galena On Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 4.6 × 2.7 cm
Description

Metallic grey cubes of galena with modified octahedral faces on some corners are scattered across a secondary sphalerite matrix from the Northampton Mining Field near Geraldton In Western Australia. The area has been worked intermittently since the 1850's for a range of sulphide minerals.

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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