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18th Sep 2014 01:19 UTCChristopher Freeman

I am mainly here to help my 8 year old who is a total science nut obtain some info. He expects his old man to know everything about everything but geology is not one of my stronger subjects. Here is his first request. The picture should be linked to photobucket so you can click on it and zoom in if necessary. He acquired this from an uncle so I have no idea where it came from originally.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj287/greengator990/greengator990001/DSC_0285_zps6d406f95.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj287/greengator990/greengator990001/DSC_0284_zpsf88c50c2.jpg

18th Sep 2014 04:33 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager

Welcome to Mindat, Chris! :)-D

The specimen kinda looks like galena, but ID from simply a photo can be a tough task.

18th Sep 2014 17:27 UTCRob Woodside 🌟 Manager

The first picture seems to show grey galena and black sphalerite, while the second appears to show yellow pyrite and white quartz. A nice crystallised ore specimen.

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