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Galena with Pyrite and Sphalerite from Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

 
Galena with Pyrite and Sphalerite from Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

Galena with Pyrite and Sphalerite from Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

DESCRIPTION:No. 30121
Mineral:Galena with Pyrite and Sphalerite
Locality:Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri
Description:Large plate covered with gray metallic galena crystals up to 18 mm with sugary coating of yellow metallic pyrite microcrystals and red-brown sphalerite crystals up to 8 mm. Very clean with no apparent damage.
Overall Size:18x14x7 cm
Crystals:.5-18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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