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Galena with Sphalerite from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

 
Galena with Sphalerite from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

Galena with Sphalerite from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 49276
Mineral:Galena with Sphalerite
Locality:Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey
Description:Brilliant metallic galena cleaved crystals in white marble matrix with transparent yellow sphalerite from the famous Mississippi Valley-Type mineralization encountered in 1992-3. For more info see FOMS Picking Table Spring/Summer 1993.
Overall Size:7x5x3.5 cm
Crystals:1-3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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