2.1" Rough Natural Silver Metallic Galena Crystal Mineral Mibladen Morocco

Location: Mibladen, Morocco

Weight: 7.8 Ounces 

Dimensions: 2.1 Inches Long, 1.9 Inches Wide, 1.12 Inches Thick 

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Galena is the most common mineral containing lead and has been well-known throughout the centuries. It is often well-crystallized and forms in many interesting and distinct crystal shapes. Some cubic crystals have their edges cut by the partial octahedral growth, some octahedral crystals have their points flattened by cubic growth, and many crystals are found somewhat in-between cubic and octahedral. Dodecahedral growths may partially be found in octahedral or cubic-octahedral crystals, resulting in bizarre and interesting shapes. 

Galena is a primary mineral. Most of the lead minerals, such as Cerussite and Anglesite are secondary minerals formed from Galena. Impurities in the structure of Galena, such as silver and bismuth, may change Galena's cleavage properties. Galena containing bismuth may exhibit octahedral cleavage, and silver in Galena may cause a specimen to exhibit flaky, slightly bent cleavage fragments.