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Galena : PbS, Dolomite : CaMg(CO₃)₂
	Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA You have to be a pretty darned good galena to get into the Leithauser Collection, and this is absolutely superb in every way. With the exception of one little corner contact, the galena cube is complete, undamaged, sharp and SUPER-lustrous on all sides - essentially a floater. Accenting it all around are tufts of dolomite peppered with bright ...
© Rob ++++++++	Photo ID: 18944 View Count: 363
Galena : PbS, Sphalerite : (Zn,Fe²⁺)S
	Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA Choice miniature measuring 4 cm across; complete all around.
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Galena : PbS
	Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA An OLD-TIME, very showy, metallic-bright, "fortification", galena cube from the famous Tri-State District of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. Lustrous galena crystals from the Tri-State District are VERY UNCOMMON and are highly desired. A couple of sides are partially contacted and one side is cleaved, but this remains a fine piece. Ex Richard Hauck ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 44371 View Count: 231
Galena : PbS
	Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA This is a really DRAMATIC Tri-State galena, in that the two beautifully-formed galena tetradecagons sit side-by-side ISOLATED in the middle of the matrix. Much more striking than the usual "busy" specimen, I think Larger crystal measures 2.3 cm . . From the old tristate distrcit circa 1930s-1950s 7.9 x 6.7 x 4.1 cm
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 66682 View Count: 205
Galena : PbS, Sphalerite : (Zn,Fe²⁺)S
	Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA 11.9 x 8.9 x 4.8 cm. Another fine Tri-State piece - this, a large, gorgeous galena cube with four smaller ones accenting it. The big one measures 3 cm along the edge. There are some tiny ruby-jack sphalerites on the matrix as well. It is the isolation of these crystals and their attractive arrangement on the matrix that makes this specimen so ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 139122 View Count: 114
Galena : PbS
	Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA 3.9 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm. Look how unusual this cluster of Oklahoma galena is! Each individual crystal has formed in an uncommon hexagonal form, and they have grown together almost into the form of a soccer ball! You can see a little bit of golden chalcopyrite as well.
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 140505 View Count: 114
Galena : PbS
	Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA A group of highly modified, stretched, flattened galena xls with glassy colorless calcite xls to 1.3cm, some double-termed. Size of specimen is 5cm x 4.4cm x 3.4cm. Currently # M-38 in my collection
© Will Shewfelt-07	Photo ID: 112507 View Count: 108
Galena : PbS
	Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA 7.8 x 6.2 x 3.9 cm. An old Tri-State galena with not only a very sharp 2.2 cm cube, but near it, three OCTAHEDRAL crystals! Unusual and interesting to find these two forms side by side! From the important Midwest collection of George Feist.
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 152453 View Count: 100
Galena : PbS
	Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA 6.6 x 5.5 x 4.4 cm. An EXCEPTIONAL and AESTHETIC, old-time Tri-State galena specimen. These super sharp, bright gray galena octahedrons look like they have been cut in a lathe and then individually set on matrix, like cut jewels. Tiny, black sphalerite crystals scattered on matrix are a nice accent. The large octahedron on top is 1.3 cm. Ex. ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 119374 View Count: 95
Galena : PbS
	Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA 7.4 x 5.4 x 4.2 cm. Wonderfully sharp crystals of galena to 3 cm on edge, with a fine mirror shine that does not come out in the pic; associate here with brassy chalcopyrite. The smaller galena stands out really 3-dimensionally, as it has only a very small matrix attachment. Fine old Tri-State piece.
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 146898 View Count: 90