Physical Properties
PbS
Cleavage: cubic; perfect in 3
directions at 90o;
Shape: cubes, or cube combinations
sometimes massive;
Color: silver gray to dark lead gray;
Streak: dark lead-gray;
Specific gravity: 7.4 - 7.6 - heavy !
Luster: metallic, shiny to dull
Hardness = 2.5;
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Description
Here better than on the other specimens we can see the multiple parallel cubic cleavages passing through the specimen.
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