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Cadmian Wurtzite & Jordanite

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Cadmian Wurtzite & Jordanite

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Description
Locality: 
Agios Philippos Mine, Kirki, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.6 × 3 cm
Description

Top quality dark brown sharp wurtzite crystals of very fine glassy luster with minor lead gray jordanite crystals on side.Wurtzite becomes semi transparent close to light source and many crystals are twinned.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cadmian Wurtzite

Variety Of: 

Wurtzite

Formula: 
(Zn,Fe)S
Strunz: 
2.CB.45
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Formula: 
(Zn0.62Cd0.38)S

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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