AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Galena on Sphalerite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 46714 |
Mineral: | Galena on Sphalerite |
Locality: | Commodore Mine, Creede District, Mineral County, Colorado |
Description: | Gray-metallic cubic galena crystals to 7 mm with dull luster on the faces, intermixed with lustrous transparent yellow sphalerite crystals to 8 mm across. The transparency of the sphalerite is very good and is visible without special illumination. |
Overall Size: | 4x3x2 cm |
Crystals: | 1-8 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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