Galena with Calcite

99 x 70 x 42 mm overall
up to 52 mm Galena crystal

A superb old-time, Tri-State specimen with two complex, lustrous, gunmetal-gray, cubic galena crystals to 52 mm showing skeletal and fortification features, as well as octahedral modifications. A wedge of pale orange Calcite separates the crystals. The specimen appears to be nearly a floater, with just a small fragment of chert matrix attached to one of the Galenas. This outstanding specimen dates to about the mid 1960s, when this collection was assembled. No damage.

ex. Paul Edwards collection.