Galena of Missouri and Wisconsin; the former mining communities of Galena, Kansas and Galena, Illinois take their names from deposits of this mineral. The largest documented crystal of galena is composite cubo-octahedra from the Great Laxey Mine, Isle of Man, measuring . Galena belongs to the octahedral sulfide group of minerals that have metal ions in octahedral positions, such as the iron sulfide pyrrhotite and the nickel arsenide niccolite. The galena group is named after its most common member, with other isometric members that include manganese bearing alabandite and niningerite. Divalent lead (Pb) cations and sulfur (S) anions form a close-packed
Galena, Ohio Galena, Ohio Galena is a village in Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The population was 653 at the 2010 census. Galena was originally called Zoar, and under the latter name was platted in 1816. A post office called Galena has been in operation since 1834. Galena is located at (40.215214, -82.881757). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 653 people, 214 households, and 172 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 237