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Galena from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

 
Galena from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Galena from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Galena from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 70363
Mineral:Galena
Locality:Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Description:Cleavage of lustrous gray-metallic galena with solution cavities filled with limonite gossan, called pickering by the period miners. Collected ca. 1925
Overall Size:4x2x2 cm
Crystals:
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