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Name: Galena
Gn
Specimens in Collection:

#44: Sphalerite / Galena
Kruschev Dol Mine, Madan Ore Field , Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria

#214: Quartz, Galena, Sphalerite, Cerrusite/Anglesite, Chalcopyrite
Bulgaria

#216: Rhodonite / Galena
Broken Hill, NSW, Australia

#561: Malachite / Baryte / Galena
Sidi Ayed, Morocco

#712: Galena / Gypsum / Sphalerite
Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, United Kingdom

#731: Galena / Pyrite
Zacatecas, Mexico

#736: Galena

#780: Sphalerite / Quartz var. Amethyst / Galena
Commodore Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA

#1263: Calcite / Galena / Pyrite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru

#1495: Fluorite / Pyrite / Galena
Milpo mine, Atacocha mining district, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru
IMA Chemistry: PbS
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Galena contains elements:
Lead (Pb)
Sulfur (S)
Country of Type Locality: unknown
Year First Published: 0
IMA Status: Approved,Grandfathered
Status Notes: Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication
Structural Group Name: Rocksalt
Fleischer's Group Name: galena
Crystal Systems: cubic
Oldest Known Age: 4000 Million Years Ago
More Info: Search Wikipedia: Galena (Wiki)
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