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GALENA #3 Go on to: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Galena 
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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; |
Description
Here we can see the shiny metallic luster reflecting off one of the cleavage faces. Galena can appear dull, as the first two samples show, but when it cleaves it is almost always this shiny silver color.
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