Galena — Broken Hill, NSW

Galena from Broken Hill, NSW. Galena is lead sulphide, the main ore of lead, and is noticeably heavy for its size with a metallic grey lustre and cubic cleavage. Broken Hill is one of the world's largest lead, zinc and silver orebodies, hosted in Proterozoic rocks and mined since the 1880s.

55 × 55 mm, 164 g