Good late evening!

Here are some pics of Galena - found in Southwest Missouri in Lawrence County.

Here is some info on this mineral.  Please correct me if I am wrong.

Galena is the most common mineral containing lead, very metallic in appearance with a cubic growth.  Some impurities commonly found in Galena are Silver and Bismuth.
Galena also tarnishes when exposed to air for periods of time.

Although the most striking features are its Metallic luster, Striking Cleavage, and extreme heaviness - or density.  The one specimen is just about exactly 7/8 each side.  It is amazingly awkward to pick up because it seems for it's size, I could only really compare it to the weight of a rock 5-6 times it's size, and it's even more awkward to try to describe the feel of the density on top of the heaviness. - but strangely it is extremely brittle.  If you happen to squeeze it will fracture very easily.  Drop it on the floor and you can expect to have a nice scattered mess of tiny metallic shards or layers of Galena all over.

-- Until next time, keep digging 

Daniegirl (Danielle)

Very nice specimens Daniegirl!  I too am curious if you collected these yourself. You provided a very good description of it. Thanks for the pictures and write up.