Galena, Galenite

[Fr. galéne; Lat. galena; from Gr. galène, tranquillity.] ( Min.) Native sulphide of lead crystallizes in the form of the cube and its secondaries. Lustre, metallic; color, pure lead-gray. Sp. gr. 7-25-7-7. Comp. When pure, sulphur 13-4, lead 86-6. It is the most abundant ore of lead, and occurs in veins and beds both in crystalline and uncrystalline rocks. Immense deposits of it exist in Mi ouri, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. All G. contains more or le silver, and sometimes it is so rich in silver that it is worked almost entirely as an ore of that metal. Gale'na, in Illinois , a city, the cap. of Jo Davie co., on Fevre River, about 6 miles above its entrance into the Mi i ippi, and 133 miles W.N.W of Chicago. G. is peculiarly built upon the slope rising from the river, many of the streets communicating with each other by flights of stairs. The city owed its former remarkable prosperity to the rich mines of lead found in the vicinity. Pop . (1890) 5,635. Galena, in Indiana, a post-village of Floyd co., about 8 miles W.N.W. of New Albany. Galena, in Mi ouri , a post-village, cap. of Stone co., on the James river, about 35 miles S. by W. of Springfield. Galena, in Nebraska , a post-office of Hayes co. Galena, in Nevada , a post-village of Lander co., about 70 miles N. of Austin. Gold, silver, and lead are mined here. Galena, in Ohio, a post-village of Delaware co., about 20 miles N.N.E. of Columbus. -A village of Scioto co. The P. O. is RARDEN. Galen'ic, Galen'ical, a. Pertaining to, containing or consisting of galena. Having reference to Galen, the physic i a or to his theories as to the treatment of diseases.