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Galena

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Galena, Tri-State Mineral District, Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma; N 3832

Galena is the most important ore for the metal lead. Processing the ore is simple, and people have produced lead from galena since ancient times. In fact, the name galena comes from the Latin word for lead ore.

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