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Hematite Sphalerite Quartz & Calcite

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Hematite Sphalerite Quartz & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Weight: 
35.00gr
Description

Very well crystallized and lustrous ball-shaped Hematite clusters, made of numerous thin and sharp crystals, intricate and beautifully crystallized over, and framing a lustrous and translucent olive-brown Sphalerite central cluster. Isolated sharp and well crystallized small Quartz crystals, as a secondary growth on the thick Sphalerite cluster are also visible. The Backside of the specimen is a cluster of well formed and intricate white Calcite thin crystals 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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