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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 50434 |
| Mineral: | Galena with Sphalerite |
| Locality: | Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri |
| Description: | Aesthetic specimen of gray-metallic cubic galena crystals to 32 mm on gray matrix with transparent red-brown sphalerite crystals to 4 mm. Note the overgrowth of octahedral second-generation galena crystals on the earlier underlying cubic galena crystals. Ex. Peter B. Nalle (1923-2010) collection #155; originally acquired in 1945 from Schortmanns |
| Overall Size: | 10x6x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.2-32.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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