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Galena
A HISTORIC, OLD-TIME and showy specimen from the famous Galena District of Illinois. This is a very nearly pristine, slightly curved, FLOATER cluster of lustrous, intergrown galena cubes. The Galena District furnished much of the lead for the North during the American Civil War, 1861-1865. Accompanied by an old handwritten label in French. Ex. Paris Museum of Natural History and George Feist Collections.
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Species
SizeMiniature
Dimensions3.2 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm
Locality
Black Jack Mine (Marsden lode; Marsden's diggings; Peru Mine), Galena, Galena District, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, USA
Added on10/23/2024
Comments
Known provenance
2024/08
Unknown Owner
Not disclosed—Species and Locality Wiki Pages
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