Galena
specimen number:
2062456
location:
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Kansas-Oklahoma, USA
description: The Picher Field, spanning northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas as part of the broader Tri-State lead and zinc mining district, experienced a rich history of extraction that began with major commercial mining around 1914 and peaked during World Wars I and II before operations declined and eventually ceased in the late 20th century. Geologically, the ore deposits are hosted within Mississippi-aged, chert-bearing carbonate rocks of the Boone Formation, where regional hydrothermal fluids deposited Mississippi Valley-type sulfide mineralizations, primarily sphalerite and galena, along fractured strata, collapse breccias, and karst solution cavities.
Classic crystal of galena for this district, showing the second-generation of octahedral crystals upon the first generation cubic crystal. In good condition.
Size: 3.0 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm (thumbnail)
Collection: Ray DeMark
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