AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Galena and Sphalerite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 43836 |
Mineral: | Galena and Sphalerite |
Locality: | Commodore Mine, Creede District, Mineral County, Colorado |
Description: | Gray metallic cubic galena crystals up to 4 mm across with lustrous translucent dark-yellow Spinel-law twinned sphalerite crystals up to 6 mm across. The galena has a dull luster due to a thin surface coating, possibly anglesite due to alteration. |
Overall Size: | 8x5x3 cm |
Crystals: | 2-6 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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