Galena

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A string of superb, and rare, modified Galena dodecahedrons from the Tsumeb Mine. These Galena crystals range up to .8 cm, and have a fabulous iridescence that is not often seen from anywhere. For all its wealth of lead ore, galena itself in crystals is quite rare here, and hard to obtain. This is aesthetic also, and Charlie Key prized it highly, dropping it in with his great rarities miniatures suite from Tsumeb. Associated with minute mimetites and tennantites. Ex. Charlie Key Collection.