Galena with Chalcopyrite, Dolomite
specimen number:
4971301
location:
Sweetwater mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
description:
A large bright lustrous cubic crystal of galena 4.4 cm on edge set up on a brecciated matrix with chalcopyrite and dolomite. A second-generation of octahedral crystals are present upon the faces of the first generation cube. This is slightly unusual for the district, almost always the cube comes first and then the octahedrons. In good condition.
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