Lead



Close-up view of films and small scales of native lead (dark bluish-gray, with dull luster) on relict cleavage surfaces of “caswellite” (altered and replaced hendricksite mica) in the lower right portion of photo LED2a.

Field of view: The horizontal width is 3.3 cm.

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Native lead along the contact between an ivory-colored, perthitic feldspar, a mixture of pinkish-orange “caswellite” and andradite

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Identifier: LED2c
Locality: Franklin mine, Franklin
Specimen size: 11 x 9.5 x 6.5 cm
Photo credit: Earl R. Verbeek