Galena

  
This specimen is completely crystallized naturally all around, hollowed out in the center. This was at one time a large cubic crystal, then etched by later fluids.
Origin: Fletcher mine (south end), 4 miles east of Bunker, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, U.S.A.
Sample size: 10 x 10 x 6.5 cm
 
 
  
 
  
Galena with spinel twinning
  
Galena with pyrite and dolomite
Origin: Brushy Creek mine, 2.5 miles west of Oates, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, U.S.A.
Sample size: 25 x 22 x 18 mm (top), 45 x 23 x 30 mm (2nd row), 34 x 38 x 22 mm (3rd row), 5.5 x 3.2 x 7.2 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Milliken (Sweetwater) mine, 13 miles NW of Ellington, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.5 x 5 x 6.5 cm
 

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Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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