Galena
Photos Roger Weller, geology instructor
wellerr@cochise.edu copyright 2008-R.Weller
galena crystal with chalcopyrite crystals
Tri-State district
This specimen is an attractive
combination of two minerals, galena and chalcopyrite.
Chalcopyrite is an
iron copper sulfide and an important ore of copper.
The chalcopyrite
crystals are the bright metallic yellow crystals sitting on top of a
gray, cubic
galena crystal.

galena
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Just credit photo to R.Weller/Cochise College.