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Smithsonite and Marcasite on Galena from Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

DESCRIPTION:	No. 44472
Mineral:	Smithsonite and Marcasite on Galena
Locality:	Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri
Description:	Cubic gray-metallic galena crystal 52 mm across coated three faces with silky translucent brown smithsonite crystals to 2.5 mm across with bladed yellow-metallic marcasite crystals to 2.5 mm. Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, (see Final Disposition Of Some American Collections Of Minerals, Frederick A. Canfield, 1923), bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School
Overall Size:	5.5x5x3.5 cm
Crystals:	1-52 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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