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Galena Psm Pyrrhotite

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Galena Psm Pyrrhotite

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Description
Locality: 
Sultana Open Pit, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
24.00gr
Description

Very interesting galena crystals psm after pyrrhotite from this old quarry closed 25 years ago.

Here was very common laminated galena crystals replacing or coating the hexagonal crystals of pyrrhotite.

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

Pyrrhotite

Formula: 
Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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