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Gold With Galena & Pyrite & Quartz

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Gold With Galena & Pyrite & Quartz

ex Marcus Lueg personal collection
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Description
Locality: 
Privateer Mine, Zeballos, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm
Weight: 
9.10gr
Description

A small group of gold crystals with complex habit, clearly visible with the naked eye, is perched upon silvery galena. Accompanied by pyrite dodecahedrons and some quartz crystals.

Although relatively few specimens have been preserved, the Zeballos camp may be British Columbia’s most prolific source of excellent gold crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Galena

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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