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Galena (octahedral crystals on a cubic crystal) from Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

 
Galena (octahedral crystals on a cubic crystal) from Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

Galena (octahedral crystals on a cubic crystal) from Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

Galena (octahedral crystals on a cubic crystal) from Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

Galena (octahedral crystals on a cubic crystal) from Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri

DESCRIPTION:No. 63683
Mineral:Galena (octahedral crystals on a cubic crystal)
Locality:Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri
Description:Unusual formation of a large gray-metallic cubic galena crystal with many smaller octahedral galena crystals that grew on the surfaces in epitactic orientation resulting in them all being parallel. Ex. Irving Horowitz collection #1613; ex. Fred Baum collection #15
Overall Size:9x8x7 cm
Crystals:1-90 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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