| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Oklahoma > Galena and Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 69667 |
| Mineral: | Galena and Calcite |
| Locality: | Tri-State Lead Mining District, Picher, Ottawa County, Oklahoma |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent yellow calcite crystals to 34 mm with cubic gray-metallic galena crystals to 20 mm on light-gray chert. The calcite crystals are hexagonal form with rhombohedral termination faces, known as nailhead habit. Ex. Irving Horowitz collection #2873; collected ca. 1950 |
| Overall Size: | 13x8x5.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 2-38 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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