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Galena & Anglesite

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Description
Locality: 
Sa Dena Hes Mine, Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

This specimen consists of a cluster of galena crystals to 0.9cm across. Most of the crystals are covered in minute anglesite crystals. There are two generations of anglesite crystals, small sparkly black flat-lying triangles. and larger grey to black crystals up to 0.8 mm long.

This is a rare specimen from a mine that only operated for 14 months (August 1991 to November 1992) and is now permanantly closed.

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

Anglesite

Formula: 
PbSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Parys Mountain Copper Mine, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom

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