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Galena Fluorite & Marcasite

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Galena Fluorite & Marcasite

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Description
Locality: 
Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm
Description

A neat dull octahedral galena crystal is aesthetically set at a plate of slightly pink-violet fluorite crystals. The backside of the fluorite shows a cast after a now-gone mineral.

A rind of small bright marcasite combscocks is around the galena.

Old-timer!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
schani

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