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27-APR-2005 Chris Higgins

Galena

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A 5lb piece of Galena collected off the mine dump in Cerro Gordo. Cerro Gordo was an incredibly rich silver mining town due to this ore. It's mostly lead sulfide with a little silver in there. Isn't that nice cleavage? Real mineralogy term, really...look it up :)

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