AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pennsylvania > Galena with Sphalerite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 50507 |
Mineral: | Galena with Sphalerite |
Locality: | Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania |
Description: | Gray-metallic galena on quartz with bright cleavage faces on the surfaces, plus minor translucent yellow sphalerite. For more info on the locality see: The Phoenixville Lead-Silver Mines Chester County, Pa. in Mineralogical Record v.20 #5. Ex. Peter B. Nalle (1923-2010) collection #106b; collected in 1939 |
Overall Size: | 3x1.8x1.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-4 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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