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Galena

The main lead ore, and a principal carrier of silver — which is why most silver is a by-product.

1945 homemade galena crystal radio · Badseed · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

What it is

The main lead ore, and a principal carrier of silver — which is why most silver is a by-product.

Materials that come from it

Material	Role	Grade note
Lead	Principal ore	—
Silver	Main by-product host	—

Lead

A soft, dense, blue-grey metal that blocks radiation and stores charge cheaply — and that is also a well-documented…

Steel & Alloy MetalsPb

Silver

The best electrical conductor there is, and the metal that has been used as money for longer than almost anything…

Precious MetalsAg

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