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Galena

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Lustrous and intact complex crystals (including a large twinned one) on a quartz matrix with a pyrrhotite wheel and colorless fluorite crystals.

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Species
GalenaAbout Galena →
Added on11/10/2024
Locality
Russia, Primorsky Krai, DalnegorskRegional guide →

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Galena
Mineral guide
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metallic luster with cube and cuboctahedral crystals, often twinned; sharp cleavage reveals reflective planes, a standout sulfide for collectors.
Galena
Regional guide
Galena from Dalnegorsk, Russia
Dalnegorsk galena has a look that serious collectors recognize at once: heavy, lead-gray metallic crystals with unusually sculptural geometry, often balanced against white quartz, pale calcite, dark sphalerite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, or siderite. The best pieces are not simply “cubes of galena.” They show stepped and skeletal growth, softened-looking but highly lustrous cuboctahedral faces, flattened spinel twins, pseudohexagonal outlines, and dramatic intergrowths that make the crystals appear architectural rather than merely blocky.