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Galena with minor Sphalerite in marble from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

 
Galena with minor Sphalerite in marble from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

Galena with minor Sphalerite in marble from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

Galena with minor Sphalerite in marble from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

Galena with minor Sphalerite in marble from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

Galena with minor Sphalerite in marble from Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 73787
Mineral:Galena with minor Sphalerite in marble
Locality:Lime Crest Quarry (Limecrest), Sussex Mills, 4.5 km northwest of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey
Description:Sparkling crystallized mass of lustrous silver-metallic galena in cleavages to 6 mm in translucent white marble with minor transparent yellow sphalerite from the one-time-find of Mississippi Valley-Type mineralization encountered in 1992-3. From my personal collection; collected in 1992 during the FOMS field trip
Overall Size:11x7x4 cm
Crystals:
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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