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Galena on Dolomite from (Smallcleugh Mine), Alston Moor, Cumbria, England

 
Galena on Dolomite from (Smallcleugh Mine), Alston Moor, Cumbria, England

Galena on Dolomite from (Smallcleugh Mine), Alston Moor, Cumbria, England

Galena on Dolomite from (Smallcleugh Mine), Alston Moor, Cumbria, England

Galena on Dolomite from (Smallcleugh Mine), Alston Moor, Cumbria, England

Galena on Dolomite from (Smallcleugh Mine), Alston Moor, Cumbria, England

Galena on Dolomite from (Smallcleugh Mine), Alston Moor, Cumbria, England

DESCRIPTION:No. 76844
Mineral:Galena on Dolomite
Locality:(Smallcleugh Mine), Alston Moor, Cumbria, England
Description:Lustrous gray-metallic cubic galena crystals to 24 mm on contrasting translucent beige-white rhombohedral dolomite crystals to 3 mm over gray matrix. The galena crystals have surfaces composed of smaller subparallel cubic crystal faces. Ex. John Pitfick (?-1969) private collection #46; collected ca. 1950
Overall Size:8.5x7x4.5 cm
Crystals:2-24 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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