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Galena & Sphalerite

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Galena & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Sultana Open Pit, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.2 × 5.7 × 3.7 cm
Weight: 
175.00gr
Description

Very interesting sample of galena crystals over black sphalerite crystals variety Marmatite on schist matrix coming from the blue mantle.

This piece was found by me 25 years ago, when the site has just closed its activity, and the argentiferous galena still shines as the first day.

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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