FarFarAway@kbin.social to Minerals!@kbin.social · 1 year agoNative lead?media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squareFarFarAway@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoAlso I have this (hopefully shown in a picture below) that is unlabeled. I guess this is more what I expected Galena to look like. Do you think this is also Galena, or something else?
minus-squareVioletRing@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat looks like some typical Galena. Is it fairly soft and light? If so, definitely Galena. Also, it’s streak should look like pencil lead.
minus-squareFarFarAway@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIts definitely lightweight, although the pieces are small, so its a little hard to tell. Maybe half cm, tops. But, I could scratch it with a penny, and write on paper like it was a pencil, too. If it quacks like a duck… Thanks :)
Also I have this (hopefully shown in a picture below) that is unlabeled. I guess this is more what I expected Galena to look like. Do you think this is also Galena, or something else?
That looks like some typical Galena. Is it fairly soft and light? If so, definitely Galena. Also, it’s streak should look like pencil lead.
Its definitely lightweight, although the pieces are small, so its a little hard to tell. Maybe half cm, tops.
But, I could scratch it with a penny, and write on paper like it was a pencil, too.
If it quacks like a duck…
Thanks :)