AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Kansas > Galena and Sphalerite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 25693 |
Mineral: | Galena and Sphalerite |
Locality: | Owl Mine, Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kansas |
Description: | Cubic crystals of gray galena up to 7 mm with red to black crystals of sphalerite up to 6 mm. The sphalerite crystals are complexly twinned (spinel-law twin) resulting in striated appearance. |
Overall Size: | 7x4x3 cm |
Crystals: | 1-7 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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