Pyrrhotite with Galena

A beautiful combination of Galena with Pyrrhotite comes from Russia, Dalnegorsk, from the 2nd Soviet mine. Pyrhotin consists of bronze-brown, metallic shiny, hexagonal crystals reaching a size of up to 2,0 cm, which grow into each other and grow on a small quartz substrate. Galena consists of lead gray, metallic shiny, pseudohexagonal bounded crystals reaching a size of up to 3,5 cm.

Origin	Asia » Russia » Primorskyj Kraj » Dalnegorsk
Size category	Small Cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size	8,6 x 6,2 x 6,3 cm
Weight	369 g
The biggest crystal	3,5 x 2,3 x 0,6 cm

Galena

Galena was named by Pliny the Elder (77-79) after the Greek name for the lead ore "galene". It is most often lumpy or grainy. Its crystals tend to be abundant, either as cubes or octagons or couplings of cubes and octahedron. After breaking, it disintegrates into small cubes. The color is steel gray and metallic luster. Occurs on hydrothermal ore veins, it is one of the most abundant sulfides in most ore deposits. It is the most important red lead, but also a source of silver, which is usually its admixture.

Pyrrhotite with Galena

Galena

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