Galena with Calcite
specimen number:
4971445
location:
Sweetwater mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
description:
A superb combination specimen with a brilliant mirror bright lustrous galena crystal measuring 2.7 cm on edge across the top of this matrix with golden yellow crystals of calcite measuring to 3.7 cm in height. Good combination pieces such as this one were never terribly common in the mining district.
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