| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Polybasite-Pearceite with pseudomorph after Galena |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 23927 |
| Mineral: | Polybasite-Pearceite with pseudomorph after Galena |
| Locality: | La Sirena Mine, Level 590, Guanajuato, Mexico |
| Description: | Rich mixture of dark, metallic polybasite-pearceite with areas showing bladed structure and a 3 mm pseudomorph after a galena crystal. The bladed shapes may be pseudomorphs after pyrrhotite. Polybasite and pearceite form a solid solution series. |
| Overall Size: | 40x32x22 mm |
| Crystals: | 1-4 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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