AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Mexico > Anglesite pseudomorphs after Galena with fluorite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 59501 |
Mineral: | Anglesite pseudomorphs after Galena with fluorite |
Locality: | Blanchard Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico |
Description: | Sparkling yellow-gray anglesite pseudomorph after a 14 mm cubic galena crystal with minor purple fluorite. The galena crystallized first, then altered molecule by molecule to anglesite, maintaining the original galena shape but a different composition. |
Overall Size: | 26x16x15 mm |
Crystals: | 14 mm pseudo |
Archived: | For reference only |
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