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Galena on Marcasite
- Lafarge Dundas North quarry
- Hamilton
- Wentworth County
- Ontario
- Canada
- 4.7 × 2.7 × 1.2 cm – Miniature specimen (fits into a 5 cm cube)
Galena forms complex crystals to 1.0 cm across, each with 26 faces. These crystals combine the cube (6 faces), octahedron (8 faces) and dodecahedron (12 faces). The matrix is a solid crust of marcasite, sufficiently sturdy to support the galena. From the collection of E.R. Laskowski (1949-2020), a mining engineer who retired to Tucson, Arizona. A previous collection label from Donald Cooke accompanies the specimen.
Price: $50
Item code: MS1927
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