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Galena (Spinel Law-twinned), Sphalerite, Calcite (twinned), Chalcopyrite from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

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Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:

DESCRIPTION:	No. 75935
Mineral:	Galena (Spinel Law-twinned), Sphalerite, Calcite (twinned), Chalcopyrite
Locality:	Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Description:	Large lustrous tabular gray-metallic galena crystals to 30 mm with lustrous black octahedral sphalerite crystals to 10 mm with interpenetrant-twinned translucent colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals to 38 mm plus minor yellow-metallic chalcopyrite. Fluoresces orange under longwave and shortwave UV illumination. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:	9.5x6.5x4.5 cm
Crystals:	2-38 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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