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Galena On Fluorite

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Galena On Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Handsome Mea Vein, Nenthead, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 4.8 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.60cm
Description

A prefect sharp galenite crystal on a bed of pale pink, gemmy fluorite crystals partely covered by white calcite crystals.

Beautiful ol specimen from Armin Wendland collection.

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