AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Man-made > Quartz geode lined with Galena (FAKE) |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 75680 |
Mineral: | Quartz geode lined with Galena (FAKE) |
Locality: | Man-made |
Description: | One of the classic faked Moroccan mineral specimens: half of a genuine quartz geode that was coated with glue then gray-metallic cubic galena cleavages were sprinkled into the glue. Fabricated. Originally acquired from Astro Minerals ca. 1988 |
Overall Size: | 10x5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-14 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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