Polymetallic (Zn, Pb) vein

 

Polymetallic (Zn, Pb) vein

 

Ore deposit type: Hydrothermal, polymetallic vein type

Provenance: Cantieri di Ponente, level +179,00 m, Montevecchio Mine (Sardinia)

Description: The vein is composed of more or less continuous bands of sphalerite (brown, anhedral, with adamantine luster and evident cleavage), siderite (cream, with vitreous luster and evident cleavage), pyrite (yellow, altered), galena (not visible) in quartz gangue (white).

 

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