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Schalenblende

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Schalenblende

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Description
Locality: 
Olkusz Mine, Malopolskie, Poland
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 9 × 0.8 cm
Description

Polished slab of a schalenblende coming from "Pomorzany" zinc mine in Olkusz, Poland. The schalenblende consists of alternating bands of brown-yellow sphalerite, brunckite and wurtzite, lustrous galena and marcasite. Sphalerite is fluorescent in UV light. The back-side is cut but not polished.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schalenblende

Mixture Of: 

Sphalerite

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

Wurtzite

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.5