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Check out the incredible quality and composition of this calcite and galena.  The single galena cube is quite large and has a prominent cubic shape, and the beautiful golden crystal cluster is perched on top with some excellent character.  Great presentation on this combo piece, be sure to check the video and don’t let it slip away! From Sweetwater Mine, Missouri. 3" acrylic base and mounting putty included with purchase. Measures 3.75 inches across at its longest span. As with all of our minerals no two pieces are alike, offering a truly one-of-a-kind gift for mineral collectors, Minecraft fans, geologists, and rockhounds. All minerals come with a miniature certificate of authenticity (label). More About Calcite Calcite is a popular mineral with diverse crystal habits, vibrant colors, and widespread occurrence.  Specimens hail from all over the world and come in a multitude of mineral combinations.  Calcite most notably occurs with amethyst, fluorite, quartz, along with many others.  It’s a major component of limestone, marble, and chalk, as well as many other sedimentary rocks. It also forms in hydrothermal veins, as a precipitate from groundwater, and as a component of some igneous rocks.  Calcite has numerous industrial applications, including as a building material (limestone and marble), in the production of lime and cement, as a soil conditioner, in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, and as a source of calcium carbonate in dietary supplements. More About Galena Galena is a silver colored mineral that forms cubic and octahedral crystals.   It’s the most important ore of lead, and has high specific gravity, so it feels quite heavy in the hand.  It is commonly associated with calcite, dolomite, and chalcopyrite.