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GALENA RHODONITE CRYSTALS

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Galena Rhodonite Crystals.  A classic Aussie mineral & location, great as a specimen for display.  Lovely colours and other interesting associated minerals, what looks like Pyrite.  Galena showing great cubic crystal form with bright red Rhodonite.  This specimen is mounted on a perspex pad for enhanced display.

Location:
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

Dimensions:
10.5cm x 7.8cm x 9.1cm, 1108g.

Rhodonite: MnSiO3.

Galena: PbS, Lead Sulfide.

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GALENA RHODONITE CRYSTALSGALENA RHODONITE CRYSTALS

Galena Rhodonite Crystals.  A classic Aussie mineral & location, great as a specimen for display.  Lovely colours and other interesting associated minerals, what looks like Pyrite.  Galena showing great cubic crystal form with bright red Rhodonite.  This specimen is mounted on a perspex pad for enhanced display.

Location:
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

Dimensions:
10.5cm x 7.8cm x 9.1cm, 1108g.

Rhodonite: MnSiO3.

Named in 1819 by Christoph Friedrich Jasche from the Greek “rhodon” meaning “rose”, referring to its colour.

Galena: PbS, Lead Sulfide.

Galena is the primary ore mineral of lead and and ore of Silver. Worked for its lead content as early as 3000 BC.  Found in ore veins with sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, tennantite-tetrahedrite and skarns.  Also found in sedimentary rocks where it may replace carbonate beds or be deposited in pore spaces.  The crystals are bright when fresh but often tarnish when people touch them.  Lead sulfide may contain impurities, such as silver, arsenic, antimony, and copper.

Weight1200 g
Dimensions11 × 10 × 9 cm

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