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Wurtzite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Agios Philippos Mine, Kirki, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 2.7 cm
Description

Hexagonal pyramidal dark brown wurtzite crystals (Cd rich) with characteristic for the locality twinning in matrix cavity.Very fine luster for the locality.Specimen is from my find reported at N.4/2014 Rivista Mineralogica Italiana.Specimen shows intense fluorescence and phosphorescence.

Mineral Data
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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

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