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Calcite & Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Stratoni Operations, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
6 × 10.3 × 10 cm
Description

Lustrous spherical clusters of small calcite crystals on a galena matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey