Galena (English spelling)

Japanese: 方鉛鉱 - ほうえんこう(英語表記)galena
Galena (English spelling)

The most important lead ore. It occurs in various hydrothermal deposits, contact metasomatic deposits (skarn deposits), kuroko deposits, and certain copper-bearing iron sulfide deposits, and often coexists with sphalerite to form lead-zinc ores. Its idiomorphic shape is cubic or solid, or aggregates or clumps of these, and occasionally hexagonal plates. It can also become a silver ore due to the presence of a small amount of silver. In Japan, it is found in many places, including the Tara Mine (closed) in Fujisato-cho, Akita Prefecture, the Chichibu Mine in Saitama Prefecture, the Kamioka Mine (closed) in Gifu Prefecture, and the Toyoha Mine in Hokkaido (closed). Although there are few examples in Japan, in tropical regions it is easily decomposed by oxidation and transformed into secondary minerals, mainly composed of lead, such as sulphurite and cerussite. Its English name is a direct transfer of the Latin word for lead ore.

[Akira Kato July 20, 2018]

[References] | Kamioka mine | Euhedral | Sphalerite | Chichibu mine | Toyoha mine | Lead | Lead-zinc deposits [Supplementary information] | Galena (data note)
Galena
Joplin Mine, Missouri, USA ©Masutomi Geological Society Foundation

Galena


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Japanese:

もっとも重要な鉛の鉱石鉱物。各種熱水鉱床、接触交代鉱床(スカルン型鉱床)、黒鉱鉱床、ある種の含銅硫化鉄鉱床中に産し、多くの場合閃(せん)亜鉛鉱と共存し、鉛・亜鉛鉱石を形成する。自形は立方体あるいはこれを基調とした立体、あるいはこれの集合体や塊状集合をなし、まれに六角板状となることもある。少量成分の銀の存在によって、銀の鉱石鉱物となることもある。日本では、秋田県藤里町太良(たいら)鉱山(閉山)、埼玉県秩父(ちちぶ)鉱山、岐阜県神岡鉱山(閉山)、北海道豊羽(とよは)鉱山(閉山)をはじめ産地は多い。日本では例は少ないが、熱帯地方では酸化分解して、鉛を主成分とする二次鉱物、硫酸鉛鉱、白鉛鉱などに変化しやすい。英名は鉛の鉱石を意味するラテン語をそのまま転用している。

[加藤 昭 2018年7月20日]

[参照項目] | 神岡鉱山 | 自形 | 閃亜鉛鉱 | 秩父鉱山 | 豊羽鉱山 | | 鉛・亜鉛鉱床[補完資料] | 方鉛鉱(データノート)
方鉛鉱
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方鉛鉱


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