Galena

  
Galena and siderite (ex. Seaman Museum)
Origin: Harz Mountains, Andreasberg, Germany
Sample size: 4.6 x 4.0 x 1.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Sample size: 8.5 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
 
  
 Quartz matrix, the top covered by crystallized metallic galena. The specimen appears to be a pseudomorph, with the galena forming after a tabular type mineral, possibly barite or anhydrite?
Origin: Freiberg, Saxony, Germany
Sample size: 25 mm across (top), 5 x 8 x 4.5 cm (2nd/bottom row)
 
  
Origin: Polaris mine, Little Cornwallis Island, Northwest Territories, Canada
Ex. Marvin Pearce coll.
Sample size: 4.6 x 3.5 x 5.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Galena with pyrite
Origin: Madan, Bulgaria
Sample size: 5.5 x 5 x 4 cm
 
  
  
Galena with quartz and minor calcite and pyrite
Origin: Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado, United States
Sample size: 10 x 7 x 6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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