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Galena with Anglesite coating on Quartz and Fluorite from Royal Flush Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico

 
Galena with Anglesite coating on Quartz and Fluorite from Royal Flush Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico

Galena with Anglesite coating on Quartz and Fluorite from Royal Flush Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico

Galena with Anglesite coating on Quartz and Fluorite from Royal Flush Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico

Galena with Anglesite coating on Quartz and Fluorite from Royal Flush Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 75238
Mineral:Galena with Anglesite coating on Quartz and Fluorite
Locality:Royal Flush Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico
Description:Cubic, with octahedral corner faces, gray-metallic galena crystals to 9 mm, with sugar-like colorless anglesite microcrystals overgrowth, on transparent pale-purple cubic fluorite crystals to 2 mm with brown limonite stained quartz crystals to 0.2 mm. Ex. T. Dunne collection; ex. Betts #56035
Overall Size:4x3x1.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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