Galena (Skeletal) - image 1
Galena (Skeletal) - image 2
Galena (Skeletal) - image 3

Galena (Skeletal)

Unknown Owner
Help improve this recordNo owner is registered for this specimen yet. If it's yours or you know more about it, you can add the owner, provenance, publications and other details.
Sign in to contribute
Massive galena with some associated quartz forms the matrix for skeletal, lustrous, battleship-gray, galena crystals to a whopping 2.5 cm in length. You can imagine how few of this size might survive?! This is more lustrous than others here, for some reason, and is MUCH ORE 3-dimensional in person. The crystals exhibit various stages of etching with the largest crystal displaying only crystal edges. Dramatic!

Product details

SpeciesGalena
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.8 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm
Added on10/23/2024

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
08/2024Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
The ArkenstoneNot disclosed

Learn more

Galena
Mineral guide
Learn about Galena
metallic luster with cube and cuboctahedral crystals, often twinned; sharp cleavage reveals reflective planes, a standout sulfide for collectors.
Galena
Regional guide
Galena from Madan Ore Field, Bulgaria
from Madan Ore Field, Bulgaria — architectural cubic and cuboctahedral crystals with mirror-bright luster, prized for 3D form and Rhodope locality.