Calcite with Galena
specimen number:
1653344
location:
Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
description:
Scalenohedral crystals of gemmy lustrous calcite measuring to almost 6.0 cm in size coming off a matrix of crystallized galena. Some cleaving present. We will include the previous label with the specimen, but note that the locality on that previous label is erroneous. There is no doubt that this one is from the Sweetwater mine.
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