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Description: Anglesite, Galena Locality: Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 4.8 x 4.0 x 3.0 cm. Water-clear, glassy anglesite blades to 1.0 cm are attractively set in a vug of massive, specular galena on this showy old-time piece from a classic Italian locality - Monteponi in Sardinia. Highly representative of the species and historic locale. Accompanied by an expertly handwritten, faded label from an older collection. The collection this came out of was a museum stash dating to prior to World War I.
Title: Anglesite-Galena-249200
Credit: http://www.mindat.org/photo-249200.html
Author: Rob Lavinsky / iRocks.com
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