Galena with Quartz
specimen number:
8611345
location:
Creede, Colorado, USA
description:
Beautifully twinned crystals of galena in a cluster and lightly scattered with crystallized quartz. In very good condition, quite nice for this old mining district. These often are erroneously referred as spinel law twinning, these are however penetration law twinning.
Size: 4.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm (miniature)
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