| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Missouri > Galena on Galena |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 43258 |
| Mineral: | Galena on Galena |
| Locality: | Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri |
| Description: | Two blocky cubic galena crystals 26 mm across each with a second generation of octahedral galena crystals overgrown on the cubic faces of one of the cubic crystals. The octahedral growth formed complex patterns that are all in parallel orientation. |
| Overall Size: | 5x4x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 2-26 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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