Galena after Pyrrhotite and with Sphalerite
As recorded:
Sultana open pit, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain
101mm x 57mm x 41mm
Cubo-octahedral Galena crystals in tabular growths, pseudomorphous after Pyrrhotite, with Sphalerite. Although they were previously known in the area the specimen is from a very recent find.
Sultana open pit, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain (11/2018)
Specimen size: 10.1 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 3.98” × 2.24” × 1.61”
Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.43”
Mineral(s)
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“Reference: NX86AJ7
Cubo-octahedral Galena crystals in tabular growths, pseudomorphous after Pyrrhotite, with Sphalerite. Although they were previously known in the area the specimen is from a very recent find.
Sultana open pit, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain (11/2018)
Specimen size: 10.1 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 3.98” × 2.24” × 1.61”
Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.43””
Jordi Fabre - 24th September 2021
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