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Mathias
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 Posted: Dec 15, 2018 11:18 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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This is one of my favourite Galena specimen.
13*10*8 cm.
I purchased this specimen a couple of years ago from a befriended collector.
It is one of the most beautiful specimens of Galena that I have ever seen.
It has hollow polyhedrons and elongated hollow Crystals.
Mathias
| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Alimon Mine (Animon Mine), Huaron mining district, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru |  |
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| Dimensions: | 13*10*8 cm. |
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| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Alimon Mine (Animon Mine), Huaron mining district, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 13*10*8 cm. |
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| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Alimon Mine (Animon Mine), Huaron mining district, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 13*10*8 cm. |
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Mathias
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| Posted: Dec 15, 2018 11:29 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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This is my second best Galena (on Greenockite).
I bought from a befriended collector. Last year.
12 cm * 7 cm * 3cm.
Lüderich Mine, Altenbrück, Bensberg, Overath, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
| Mineral: | Galena with Greenockite |
| Locality: | | Lüderich Mine, Untereschbach, Overath, Rheinisch-Bergischer District, Köln Region, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 12*7*3 (cm) |
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| Mineral: | Galena with Greenockite |
| Locality: | | Lüderich Mine, Untereschbach, Overath, Rheinisch-Bergischer District, Köln Region, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 12*7*3 (cm) |
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Mathias
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| Posted: Dec 15, 2018 11:39 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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This is my third best Galena.
I have many more favourite Galena's but I leave it to my top 3.
This one is Galena on Fluorite;
Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
9 cm * 6 cm * 4 cm.
I bought it last year from a befriended collector.
| Mineral: | Galena on Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 cm * 6 cm * 4 cm. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Dec 15, 2018 14:54 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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As a friend of this mineral, I really like these three specimens, all of them wonderful galena specimens, simply stunning!
And as a personal note, as I said before in the pyromorphite thread: I think overall images where we can see the whole specimens would do the specimens more justice than the photos with the cropped frames. Just an idea, but in my opinion such great specimens would deserve it :)
Regards,
Tobi
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Mathias
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| Posted: Dec 29, 2018 09:36 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Here's my 4th favorite Galena;
Grube Willibald. Found around 1930.
I got the specimen from a befriended collector.
Size is about 14 cm * 10 cm * 4 cm.
| Mineral: | Galena with Dolomite and Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Willibald Mine, Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Hochsauerland District, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 14 cm * 10 cm * 4 cm |
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R Saunders
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Location: Michigan
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| Posted: Jul 19, 2021 14:16 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Mineral: Galena and Marcasite
Possibly, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, United States
This is a very nice group of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, the largest with yellow-metallic marcasite crystals,
| Mineral: | Galena and Marcasite |
| Locality: | | USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 48 mm |
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R Saunders
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| Posted: Jul 20, 2021 01:56 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Another view
| Mineral: | Galena with Marcasite |
| Locality: | | USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 48 mm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jul 20, 2021 01:56 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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| R Saunders wrote: | Galena and Marcasite
Possible, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, United States
This is a very nice group of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, the largest
with yellow-metallic marcasite crystals |
Nice structure, I like it :-)
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 20, 2021 08:05 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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| A more likely location would be the Tri-State District of Oklahoma/Missouri/Kansas. The cube-octahedral overgrowths are a trademark of this district. If there is a bit of matrix attached anywhere on the specimen, that would also give you some clues. Specimens from the Tri-State District occurred on fine-grained gray chert while those from the Viburnum Trend occur on dolostone.
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R Saunders
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| Posted: Jul 20, 2021 08:43 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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| Tobi wrote: | | R Saunders wrote: | Galena and Marcasite
Possible, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, United States
This is a very nice group of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, the largest
with yellow-metallic marcasite crystals |
Nice structure, I like it :-) |
| Michael Shaw wrote: | | A more likely location would be the Tri-State District of Oklahoma/Missouri/Kansas. The cube-octahedral overgrowths are a trademark of this district. If there is a bit of matrix attached anywhere on the specimen, that would also give you some clues. Specimens from the Tri-State District occurred on fine-grained gray chert while those from the Viburnum Trend occur on dolostone. |
Thanks, The bottom side
| Mineral: | Galena with Marcasite |
| Locality: | | USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 48 mm |
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jfc035
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Location: Rennes
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| Posted: Aug 15, 2021 11:22 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Another one from Weardale; Likely collected in the last period of activity of this mine, in the 70-80s.
| Mineral: | Galena on Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), Allendale, Northumberland, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.5 x 6 x 4 cm |
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| Galena on Fluorite (overall 9.5 x 6 x 4 cm). From Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK. Likely collected in the last period of activity of this mine, in the 70-80s. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 16, 2021 03:27 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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| jfc035 wrote: | Galena on Fluorite
Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine), Allendale, Northumberland, England / United Kingdom
Dimensions: 9.5 x 6 x 4 cm
Likely collected in the last period of activity of this mine, in the 70-80s. |
A really wonderful galena specimen, I love the complex structure of the crystal faces!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 17, 2021 10:44 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Galena has always been among one of my favorite minerals and my collection contains 83 galena specimens. My first specimen of lead sulfide came from the Joplin area of the Tri-State District and consisted of several simple cubes on chert. Over the years I have been able to accumulate many more Tri-State specimens, a few of which are featured in this post.
| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.0 x 7.0 cm |
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| A classic Tri-State galena crystal with cuboctahedral fortification overgrowths. |
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| Mineral: | Galena and Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.0 x 14.0 cm |
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| A cubic galena crystal measuring 5.0 x 5.5 cm with octahedral surface overgrowths associated with large, resinous, dark brown sphalerite crystals with numerous epitaxial chalcopyrite crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Kenora Mine, Picher Field, Cardin, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.0 x 6.0 cm |
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| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.7 x 7.8 cm |
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| Simple cubic galena crystals to 2.5 cm. on a matrix of gray chert. Acquired from Schortmann's Minerals in 1961, this specimen began my fascination with galena. |
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| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Acme Mine, Picher Field, Picher, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 4.7 cm |
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| Cubic galena with octahedral corner modification and overgrowths. The Acme Mine went into production in 1916. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 18, 2021 01:01 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Wonderful samples from Tri-State-District, hard to pick a favourite!
| Michael Shaw wrote: | | Galena has always been among one of my favorite minerals and my collection contains 83 galena specimens. |
You have a good taste, Michael :-)
It's also one of my favourite minerals and besides the classic German ones (Neudorf/Harz, Freiberg/Erzgebirge or several western localities in Siegerland, Sauerland or Eifel Mountains) I like U.S. galenas (Tri-State-District and Viburnum Trend) the most. Ok, and Dalnegorsk. And some English ones ;-)
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R Saunders
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| Posted: Aug 18, 2021 08:52 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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| Are all of the mines in the Tri-State area now permanently closed? As per the U. S. health codes. Any Museums or visitor centers open. I know a lady that worked at one of the mines as did her father.
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