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Microcline & Galena

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Microcline & Galena

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Silberberg Mine, Bodenmais, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 4.7 × 3.5 cm
Description

An interesting specimen hosting microcline var. amazonite with sulfidic inclusions of pyrite and galena. Label dates to 1967.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Microcline

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

Galena

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