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Galena on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

 
Galena on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Galena on Quartz from Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 81157
Mineral:Galena on Quartz
Locality:Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Description:Old specimen of lustrous gray-metallic cleavage of galena on quartz, with thin stringers of quartz running through the galena from the famous lead mines that were last worked in the 1920s. Ex. Miller #M3499
Overall Size:6x5x3.5 cm
Crystals:
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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