Platy Galena from the Viburnum Trend, Southeast Missouri: Character, Mine Distribution, Paragenetic Position, Trace Element Content, Nature of Twinning, and Conditions of Formation

• Published in: Minerals
• Main Author: Richard Hagni
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: galena; morphology; spinel twins; trace elements; paragenesis; Viburnum Trend; Missouri; Northwest Territories; Canada; Buick; Pine Point; Sweetwater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/min8030093

The Viburnum Trend of southeast Missouri is one of the world’s largest producers of lead. The lead occurs as galena, predominantly in two crystallographic forms, octahedrons and cubes. Many studies have shown that octahedral galena is paragentically early, the more abundant of the two crystal forms,...