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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 24, 2016 02:36 Post subject: Favourite Galenas? |
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What are your favourite localities for GALENA? My favourites are:
- Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- Pfannenberger Einigkeit Mine, Salchendorf, Neunkirchen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Dal'negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
- Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
- Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA
Mineral: | Galena, siderite |
Locality: | Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 25 cm |
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Mineral: | Galena, chalcopyrite |
Locality: | Pfannenberger Einigkeit Mine, Salchendorf, Neunkirchen, Siegen-Wittgenstein District, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
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Mineral: | Galena, calcite, sphalerite, quartz |
Locality: | Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 18 cm |
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Mineral: | Galena, chalcopyrite, calcite, dolomite |
Locality: | Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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Mineral: | Galena, dolomite, marcasite |
Locality: | Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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James Catmur
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Posted: Aug 24, 2016 03:05 Post subject: Re: Favourite galena localities? |
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Good move Tobi.
The mines in Weardale have to get a mention
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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 25, 2016 08:12 Post subject: Re: Favourite galena localities? |
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James wrote: | Good move Tobi. The mines in Weardale have to get a mention | Which ones do you have in mind? Photos please :-)
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vic rzonca
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Posted: Aug 25, 2016 10:42 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galena localities? |
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The lead mines at Loudville, Massachusetts, USA, near Northampton. A rare euhedral galena crystal on quartz with minor Baryte.
Mineral: | Galena |
Locality: | Manhan Mines (Loudville Mine), Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA | |
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Dimensions: | Crystal size is 1 cm. |
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Found in the northern most shaft opening, now back-filled. |
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Les Presmyk
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Posted: Aug 25, 2016 14:30 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galena localities? |
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For Arizona, it is the Iron Cap mine.
Mineral: | Galena and sphalerite |
Locality: | Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp, Aravaipa, Aravaipa District, Santa Teresa Mountains, Graham County, Arizona, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 5cm tall |
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Tobi
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Posted: Aug 26, 2016 03:35 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Additional information:
I changed the name of the topic from "Favourite Galena localities" to "Favourite Galenas". So everyone can feel free not only to discuss his/her favourite localities but also which colours and forms of that mineral he/she likes the most, e.g. simple or complex crystal forms, lustrous or not etc. ...
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Tobi
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Posted: Jan 10, 2017 15:30 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Another specimen (and finally my own one) from Neudorf, I simply love them:
Mineral: | Galena |
Locality: | Pfaffenberg Mine, Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 3,5 cm |
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(Floater specimen without matrix) |
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Tobi
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Posted: Apr 11, 2017 02:41 Post subject: Re: Favourite galenas? |
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Tobi wrote: | James wrote: | Good move Tobi. The mines in Weardale have to get a mention | Which ones do you have in mind? Photos please :-) | I have a sample from Weardale to restart the discussion:
Mineral: | Galena with Chalcopyrite and Calcite on (twinned) Fluorite |
Locality: | Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham, England / United Kingdom | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 6,5 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Apr 08, 2018 13:23 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Three more favourites, Blackdene again, Poland and a rather unkown German locality:
Mineral: | Galena, Fluorite, Quartz |
Locality: | Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham, England / United Kingdom | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 10 cm, largest galena 2,5 cm |
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Mineral: | Galena |
Locality: | Trzebionka Mine, Trzebinia, Chrzanów District , Małopolskie, Poland | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 9,5 cm, largest galena crystal 3 cm |
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Mineral: | Galena |
Locality: | Antonius Mine, Markelsbach, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Bergische Land, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 6 cm, longest crystal edge 3 cm |
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jfc035
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Posted: Apr 08, 2018 15:09 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Mineral: | Galena |
Locality: | Mid-Continent Mine, Picher Field, Treece, Tri-State District, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 4.6 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm |
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1.5 cm cube of Galena on matrix, with truncated, octahedral growth hillocks on all faces (overall 1.8 x 1.5 x 1.3 in). From Mid-Continent Mine, Picher Field, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA. |
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jfc035
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Posted: Apr 08, 2018 15:13 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Interconnected groups of flattened twinned crystals (largest group up to 4 cm across); associated with minor Pyrite on the backside (overall 9.0 x 8.0 x 4.6 cm). Old specimen (pre-1910) from a not so common mine that has produced this unusual type of fine Galenas. From Rodna mine, Rodna, Rodna Mts (Rodnei Mts), Romania.
Mineral: | Galena |
Locality: | Rodna Mountains, Maramures, Romania | |
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Dimensions: | 4.6 x 8.0 x 9.0 cm |
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Mineral: | Galena |
Locality: | Rodna Mountains, Maramures, Romania | |
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Dimensions: | 4.6 x 8.0 x 9.0 cm |
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jfc035
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Posted: Apr 08, 2018 15:16 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Thin bladed, penetration twinned, lustrous crystals of Galena to 3.0 cm in size, with pearly white Dolomite crystals in association (overall 10.0 x 8.5 x 7.0 cm, 2.18 pounds). From recent finds in this new orebody (winter 2013). These are flattened penetration twins, which look like spinel law twins but the angles are wrong. There are also elongated dodecahedral crytals. These are quite large twinned crystals for Galena from this mining district. From Big Bear Orebody, Fletcher Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA.
Mineral: | Galena, Dolomite |
Locality: | Fletcher Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 7.0 x 8.5 x 10.0 cm |
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jfc035
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Posted: Apr 08, 2018 15:18 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Typical specimen of “Knitted Galena” showing neat “dendritic” forms (those are actually branched three-dimensional single-crystal skeletal forms; see: Geochem. Mineral. Petrol. Sofia, 2006, 44, 1-18.). The dendrites are encrusted with microcrystalline Cerussite; a possible first layer of colloform fine-banded Sphalerite is not excluded but not that obvious, which contrasts with most of specimens of this type (overall 14.0 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm; 3.59 pounds). Old time specimen from Schmalgraf Mine, Moresnet, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne District (Plombières-Altenberg), Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium.
Mineral: | Galena |
Locality: | Schmalgraf Mine, Kelmis (La Calamine), Verviers, Liège Province, Wallonia Region, Belgium | |
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Dimensions: | 6.0 x 7.0 x 14.0 cm |
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jfc035
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Posted: Apr 08, 2018 15:20 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Another view
Mineral: | Galena |
Locality: | Schmalgraf Mine, Kelmis (La Calamine), Verviers, Liège Province, Wallonia Region, Belgium | |
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jfc035
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Posted: Apr 08, 2018 15:21 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Galena needles (“knitted galena”) associated with brownish spherulites of Sphalerite (overall 7.5 x 6.0 x 1.5 cm). From Les Vieux Travaux mine, Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France. Only a few pieces of this type were collected in the 80's in the Vieux-Travaux area
Mineral: | Galena, Sphalerite |
Locality: | Les Malines mining district, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Le Vigan, Gard Department, Occitanie, France | |
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Dimensions: | 1.5 x 6.0 x 7.5 cm |
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jfc035
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Posted: Apr 08, 2018 15:25 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Mineral: | Galena, Quartz, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite |
Locality: | Pachapaqui mining district, Pachapaqui, Aquia District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 5,5 cm |
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Sharp crystals of partly dull Galena on matrix, associated with transparent Quartz crystals, honey brown Sphalerite and golden Chalcopyrite (Pyrite?) |
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Apr 08, 2018 16:38 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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jfc035,
Please stop, you should follow the instructions of A general guide for using the Forum with some rules and tips specially the point 8:
8.-) You can include up to 15 photos or images within each message. To see how to add photos and how to include up to 15 photos/images in a single message follow this link
Also, when you upload a photo you should follow the instructions you will see in every box, otherwise the administrators needs work hard to fix properly your texts.
Please take a look on your post https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=61723#61723 that we already fixed and there you can check how proceed.
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jfc035
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Posted: Apr 10, 2018 14:46 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Jordi, Tobi
My sincere apologies!
Many thanks for fixing my posts. I promise to be a good scholar from now -))
Best, jf
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Brent Lockhart
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Posted: Apr 10, 2018 23:34 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Galena specimen from 2009 finds
Mineral: | Galena |
Locality: | Gyudyurska Mine, Zlatograd, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria | |
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Dimensions: | 10cms x 8 cmx x 4.5 cms |
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Enrique Llorens
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Posted: Apr 11, 2018 02:00 Post subject: Re: Favourite Galenas? |
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Morocco galena.
Mineral: | Galena |
Locality: | Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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Dimensions: | 8 cm aprox |
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