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  • Galena: Mineral information, data and localities.

    Galena is the primary ore mineral of lead. Worked for its lead content as early as 3000 BC, it is found in ore veins with sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, tennantite-tetrahedrite, etc. and in skarns, as well as in sedimentary …

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  • Galena – Mineral Properties, Photos and Occurrence

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    Galena. Chemical Composition: PbS. Color: The mineral, if fresh, is bright silver in color with a metallic luster and dulls into a lead grey color as it tarnishes (1). Cleavage/Fracture: Cleavage is perfect, cubic with three directions at right angles. Crystal Form: Crystals may occur as cubes, octahedrons, or a combination of the two forms.

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  • Galena: Mineral information, data and localities.

    Galena is the primary ore mineral of lead. Worked for its lead content as early as 3000 BC, it is found in ore veins with sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, tennantite-tetrahedrite, etc. and in skarns, as well as in sedimentary rocks where it may replace carbonate beds or be deposited in pore spaces. The crystals are bright when fresh but often ...

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  • Galena - What Is Galena And How Is It Formed?

    Cerussite (PbCO 3) and angle site (PbSO 4) commonly occur in the near-surface weathered or oxidized zone of a lead ore body. Deposits containing lead form from hot (hydro thermal) fluids generated within the earth which may be trapped below the surface in cracks where galena and other minerals may precipitate to make vein deposits."

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  • Galena | Common Minerals

    Its perfect cubic cleavage, metallic luster, lead-gray color, and relative softness readily distinguish galena from most other metallic minerals. Perhaps its most distinctive feature …

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  • Galena Mineral | Uses and Properties - Geology

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