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Galena On Quartz

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Galena On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

A single cubic galena crystal sitting proud to one side of a bed of drusy quartz crystals.

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

Quartz

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