Old Silver Mine

Old silver mine, the tailings of which prove rich pickings.

Crystal Pocket

A little crystal vug, the cubes are galena (lead silver ore), some quartz, the tiny triangles with cut off edges are (I believe) sphalerites.

a seam of tiny, translucent quartz crystals

pyrites

Lead ore under the microscope, blues, purples, other colors associated with copper.

Galena under the microscope

Tiny cubes of galena under the microscope

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