Galena, 1402


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Description

Sample of tarnished silver, metallic, massive galena with brassy yellow, metallic, massive chalcopyrite intergrown. Sample also has a thin crust of tiny tetrahedral chalcopyrite covering several surfaces, including stalactitic formations near the applied label.


Subject

  • Geology
  • Mineralogy


Details

Contributor
Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Derbyshire, England , United Kingdom
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists