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Shiny crystals of galena on matrix of green chlorite.
This sample comes from Zlotograd in Bulgaria.
Galena is a lead ore with metallic luster.
Size 7x4.5 cm.
Weight 77 gr
Galena and sphalerite crystallized Zlotograd Bulgaria.
Lead ore and zinc ore.
Galena has been known since antiquity.
It is used for the extraction of lead for the glass industry and ceramics.
The galena crystals are cubic, chemical formula PbS.
Dimensions 5.5x4.5x3.5 cm.
Weight 156 gr.
Galena, sphalerite and siderite from Turt in Romania.
The matrix consists of massive galena covered with brown sphalerite crystals.
2 siderite crystals and a twin in the center.
Galena is a lead ore, sphalerite is a zinc ore and siderite iron carbonate.
Dimensions 7x5.5x3.5 cm.
Weight 390 gr.
Cluster of galena crystals from the Missouri in the United States.
Galena is the principal lead ore.
Dimensions: 7.5x5.5 cm.
Weight of this sample of galena 280 gr.