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RM3661   Galena and sphalerite
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  -  2. Sulfides and sulfosalts

The galena specimens with schalenblende come from this little-known lead-zinc mine, discovered in 1984 and now closed. Clusters of galena cubes, their vertices truncated by small octahedral faces and with polysynthetic growths on the faces, cluster aesthetically on the mammillary schalenblende matrix. Schalenblende is a compact, fine-grained, medium-brown to yellow or cream-colored variety of sphalerite, occurring in concentric layers with kidney-shaped surfaces that may also contain intercalated wurtzite, marcasite, pyrite, and galena. Many of them were sold by Rob Sielecki, a prominent Australian dealer.


Size: 8 x 5.2 x 3.5 cm.
Main crystal: 12 mm.
Ref. Col. EV #649
Reserved