Minerals / Galena, Pen Dylife. (CWO)

Galena, PbS. Pen Dylife mine, Nr Staylittle, west Wales. Thin deposits of galena occupying faults in fractured host rock. There are no complete crystals in the specimens, but the typical galena cleavage is observed in the exposed fracture surfaces. These specimens were recovered from the wall of a long abandoned open cut excavation.

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