A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Galena and marcasite from Joplin, Missouri |
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| Description | This specimen, about 9 cm across, conatains gray galena (PbS) crystals with brownish-red marcasite (FeS2) in spaces between them. Galena often forms as well-developed cubes and related shape, as can be seen here. This specimen comes from Joplin, Missouri, a well-know mining area. Galena is the principle ore mineral for lead. |
| Location | USA ▹ Missouri ▹ Jasper County. Near Joplin. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-02. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #148. |
| Key words | galena, marcasite, Missouri |
| Tech details | 673 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 981 |
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