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Galena with Quartz and Ankerite from Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England

 
Galena with Quartz and Ankerite from Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England

Galena with Quartz and Ankerite from Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 59314
Mineral:Galena with Quartz and Ankerite
Locality:Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England
Description:Lustrous gray-metallic galena crystals to 16 mm with lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 2 mm and translucent crème-colored rhombic ankerite crystals to 3 mm. The galena crystals are cubic form with octahedral corner faces. Collected in May 1998
Overall Size:4.5x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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