Galena

Galena with pyrite and dolomite

Galena on dolomite

Origin: Brushy Creek mine, 2.5 miles west of Oates, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, U.S.A.

Sample size: 15 x 12 x 7 cm (top), 4.5 x 3 x 7 cm (2nd row)

Origin: Milliken (Sweetwater) mine, 13 miles NW of Ellington, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, U.S.A.

Sample size: 12 x 7 x 6 cm

Galena with sphalerite

Origin: Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, U.S.A.

Ex. Gene Tribbey collection

Sample size: 9.8 x 7.3 x 2.7 cm

Calcite on galena

Origin: Fletcher mine (south end), 4 miles east of Bunker, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, U.S.A.

Sample size: 13 x 9.5 x 8 cm

Lead gray cuboctahedral galena with drusy coating of anglesite

Origin: Quijotoa Mine, Ben Nevis Mountains, Pima Co., Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4 x 5.5 x 2.3 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

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