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Sphalerite

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Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Krushev Dol Mine, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 3.6 × 3 cm
Description

This specimen hosts numerous highly lustrous sphalerite crystals (var. cleophane) of up to 18 mm in diameter, grown on bright matrix. Extremely shiny, well-formed, gemmy, with an intense olive green color. Second and fourth photo with lower LED light as backlit.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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