AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Missouri > Galena on Galena |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 42697 |
Mineral: | Galena on Galena |
Locality: | Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri |
Description: | Two generations of gray metallic galena crystals: the first galena crystal at the center is cubic form; the second generation galena is octahedral form and is overgrown on the edges and corners of the cubic crystal in parallel orientation. |
Overall Size: | 25x21x20 mm |
Crystals: | 1-16 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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