Galena
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Galena, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead sulfide. It is the most important ore of lead and an important source of silver.
Galena with minor pyrite
Galena with baryte and pyrite from Cerro de Pasco, Peru; 5.8 cm × 4.8 cm × 4.4 cm (2.3 in × 1.9 in × 1.7 in)
Galena from Sweetwater, Missouri, USA (Sorbonne University).
Galena cat's whisker detector
Broken Hill ore deposit
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The Broken Hill Ore Deposit is located underneath Broken Hill in western New South Wales, Australia, and is the namesake for the town. It is arguably the world's richest and largest zinc-lead ore depo
Old Kintore headframe, now a museum exhibit, Broken Hill
Former Delprat mine, Line of Lode, Broken Hill, 2017
Chlorargyrite lining a vug in gossan at Broken Hill
Broken Hill township, backed by the man-made mullock heaps from mining along the Line of Lode