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Galena & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Blackdene Mine, Weardale, County Durham, United Kingdom
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.2 × 11.8 × 6.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
6.60cm
Description

What a stunning specimen.....! A single, multifaced, lead gray and metallic lustrous Galena crystal perfectly set atop typically matrix. This matrix is scattered with numerous, medium violet coloured and absoluetly gemmy, cubed and partly nicely twinned Fluorite. The Galena itself is sharp edged and pristine. The backside of this real "monster crystal" has a contact but no damage. This is a super and also classic piece from the famous Blackdene Mine near Ireshopburn in Weardale.

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

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
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