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Galena With Sphalerite

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Galena With Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Trzebionka Mine, Gmina Trzebinia, Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
253.00gr
Description

Cube octahedral crystals with jagged faces of galena up to 12mm side grown on a microcrystalline sphalerite matrix

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