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Sphalerite

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Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Hendrik & Emma Mine, Brunssum, Limburg, Netherlands
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Description

This specimen comes from the Netherlands a country very poor in minerals. With just three active limestone quarries and some old mine dumps there are only two or three mineral collecting sites and really good specimens from the Netherlands are scarce. The best locality in the Netherlands are the combined dumps of the former Emma coalmine and Hendrik coalmine in Brunssum. This example of bright red-brown Sphalerite crystalson calcite and dolomite is compared with examples from other countries just average but it's a really very good specimen for the Netherlands.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

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