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Galena & Sphalerite

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Galena & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Jose Maestre Tunnel, Portman, Sierra de Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.3 × 6.5 × 5 cm
Weight: 
369.00gr
Description

Here is another classic of Murcian mining, it is an old piece from my personal collection that presents several very aesthetic galena crystals along with other sphalerite crystals of the marmatite variety on matrix from this classic and very dangerous Murcian deposit.

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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