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Wurtzite & Jordanite

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Wurtzite & Jordanite

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Description
Locality: 
Agios Philippos Mine, Kirki, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 2 cm
Description

Excellent lustrus hexagonal wurtzite crystals with lead gray jordanite (also crystallized) in matrix cavity. From my recent find at Agios Philippos mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wurtzite

Formula: 
(Zn,Fe)S
Strunz: 
2.CB.45
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

Jordanite

Formula: 
Pb14(As,Sb)6S23
Strunz: 
2.JB.30a
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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