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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 69864 |
| Mineral: | Sphalerite and Galena |
| Locality: | Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri |
| Description: | Large plate of lustrous translucent red-brown sphalerite crystals to 22 mm with iridescent coating plus lustrous gray-metallic cubic galena crystals to 18 mm. The galena crystals are composed of smaller cubo-octahedral crystals in parallel orientation. Ex. Robert Deidrick (1907-1982) collection #525 |
| Overall Size: | 11x10.5x4 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-22 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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