GALENA
Specimen gal-28
$ 28.00Dims: 4.1 x 2.6 x 1.5" (10.4 x 6.6 x 3.8 cm)
Wt: 7.5 oz. (212 g)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, U.S.A.
While there are only a few Galena crystals present on this hand specimen, I believe that they are not very common with respect to the other minerals found at this particular locality. The largest Galena formation is a badly damaged and incomplete cluster that rests at one end of the piece. The largest complete crystal measures 0.3 - 0.4" (8 - 10 mm) along an edge and is in excellent condition. All have the classic moderately dark gray color and dull metallic luster of their species and show excellent cubic crystal form, with well-defined edges and reasonably clean faces. They are accompanied by several warped and intergrown sphalerite crystals and several fluorites, almost all of which are broken. Some of the sphalerites appear to have grown over a few of the Galena crystals, enveloping them almost completely.