10 Facts About Galena

Galena, called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead sulfide .

Galena is one of the most abundant and widely distributed sulfide minerals.

Galena is the main ore of lead, used since ancient times, since lead can be smelted from galena in an ordinary wood fire.

Galena typically is found in hydrothermal veins in association with sphalerite, marcasite, chalcopyrite, cerussite, anglesite, dolomite, calcite, quartz, barite, and fluorite.

Galena was a major mineral of the zinc-lead mines of the tri-state district around Joplin in southwestern Missouri and the adjoining areas of Kansas and Oklahoma.

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Galena is an important ore mineral in the silver mining regions of Colorado, Idaho, Utah and Montana.

Galena belongs to the octahedral sulfide group of minerals that have metal ions in octahedral positions, such as the iron sulfide pyrrhotite and the nickel arsenide niccolite.

Galena exposed to acid mine drainage can be oxidized to anglesite by naturally occurring bacteria and archaea, in a process similar to bioleaching.

Galena is the primary ore of lead, and is often mined for its silver content.

Galena is a semiconductor with a small band gap of about 0.