| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Galena on Sphalerite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 46732 |
| Mineral: | Galena on Sphalerite |
| Locality: | Commodore Mine, Creede District, Mineral County, Colorado |
| Description: | Gray metallic cubic galena crystals to 15 mm across on highly transparent yellow-brown sphalerite crystals to 14 mm with lustrous crystal faces and exhibiting Spinel-law twinning. The galena crystals have etched surfaces resulting in dull luster. |
| Overall Size: | 7x3.5x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-15 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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