How To disolve galena?

I wanted to disolve galena with an acid, wich acid can disolve the galena?

Answer:
Galena can be dissolved in aqua-regia 1:3 HNO3/HCl

ref: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob...
Galena is not soluble in water...
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/eart/reserve...

But will dissolve in basically any acid with a pH of three or lower.

Apparently, aqueous iron (III) does help speed the reaction along.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob...
Any mineral acid, but HCl is most obvious.

PbS + 2HCl ===> PbCl2 + H2S

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