A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Galena from Joplin, Missouri |
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| Description | This sample from Joplin, Missouri, contains cubes of galena (PbS) up to 4 cm on edge. Galena forms many interesting crystal shapes; cubes and octahedra are most common and some crystals display attributes of both. Galena is the number one lead ore mineral, and the Joplin area (where this sample comes from) is a famous mining district. |
| Location | USA ▹ Missouri. Near Joplin. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-02. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #153. |
| Key words | galena, Missouri |
| Tech details | 780 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 978 |
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