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Galena with minor Chalcopyrite from Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

 
Galena with minor Chalcopyrite from Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

Galena with minor Chalcopyrite from Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

Galena with minor Chalcopyrite from Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

Galena with minor Chalcopyrite from Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

DESCRIPTION:No. 82617
Mineral:Galena with minor Chalcopyrite
Locality:Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri
Description:Lustrous gray-metallic galena crystals with minor chalcopyrite, with sphalerite and gray chert matrix included in the bottom. The galena crystals are octahedral form, with hoppered (depressed) cubic faces composed of smaller parallel crystal faces. Ex. Miller collection 3776; collected ca. 1970
Overall Size:24x24x22 mm
Crystals:20-24 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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