A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Anglesite with galena and quartz from a mine in the Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA |
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| Description | The clear-white crystals growing in and around the vug are anglesite, PbSO4, a rare secondary lead mineral that forms most commonly by alteration of galena (PbS). This specimen, from a galena-rich ore body, is mostly gray galena. The specimen is 7 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Utah. Near Salt Lake City. Mine, Tintic Mountains. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-05. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #872b. |
| Key words | anglesite, galena, quartz, Utah |
| Tech details | 963 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 588 |
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