| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Galena |
| Formula: | PbS |
| Comments: | The main ore mineral at Mežica |
| Habit: | formless masses; poorly formed crystals in coarse intergrowths, rarely as specimens showing octahedral faces on the surfaces of lumps |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Cerussite | 6 |
| Wulfenite | 4 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Galena data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Mežica Mines, Mežica, Slovenia |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 38416 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:38416:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Localities for Galena in this Region |
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| Union Mine, Mežica Mines, Mežica, Slovenia |
| Nearest other occurrences of Galena |
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| 0.0km (0.0 miles) | ⓘUnion Mine, Mežica Mines, Mežica, Slovenia |
| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | ⓘHelena mining district, Črna na Koroškem, Slovenia |
| 12.6km (7.8 miles) | ⓘKošenjak, Ravne na Koroškem, Slovenia |
| 17.6km (10.9 miles) | ⓘCu deposit, Rijavitzagraben (Jeravitzagraben; Jeravica; Remscheniggraben), Bad Eisenkappel, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 17.6km (10.9 miles) | ⓘPb deposit, Rijavitzagraben (Jeravitzagraben; Jeravica; Remscheniggraben), Bad Eisenkappel, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 19.5km (12.1 miles) | ⓘLamprechtsberg mines, Lavamünd, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 19.6km (12.1 miles) | ⓘSittersdorfer Berg, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 22.6km (14.1 miles) | ⓘZauchengraben, Zauchen, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 25.1km (15.6 miles) | ⓘGrafenstein Alp District, Zauchen, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 26.1km (16.2 miles) | ⓘPyrrhotite prospect, Ebriach, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria |
| References |
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Bancroft, Peter, Zorz, Mirjan, Krivograd, Franc, Kobler, Gregor (1991) Famous Mineral Localities: The Mezice Mine, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. The Mineralogical Record, 22 (2) 97-104 |
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Staro Igrčevo Mine, Mežica Mines, Mežica, Slovenia