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Schalenblende

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Schalenblende

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Description
Locality: 
Segen Gottes Mine, Wiesloch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.2 × 7.5 × 3 cm
Description

A beautiful, large and heavy schalenblende specimen from the Segen Gottes Mine in Wiesloch near Heidelberg. The schalenblende is intergrown with jordanite and some minor galena. Sawn and polished on one side. A great German classic.

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
Cartils Minerals

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