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Galena

Radvanice
Katerina Coal Mine
Other
Czech Republic
Size: up to 0.8x0.5x0.4 cm
Largest crystal size: as above mm
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These unusual iridescent galena specimens are exhalative formations that come from a no longer operational coal mine with a burning mine dump. The galena crystals form at a temperature of more than 600°C in the mine dump. They are slightly radioactive (not nearly enough to cause harm). The specimens come with a handwritten label from a dealer based in the Czech Republic.

http://tw.strahlen.org/haldenbrand/burningdumps_radvanice.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444595096000053

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