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Strickblende & Schalenblende

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Strickblende & Schalenblende

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Description
Locality: 
Schmalgraf Mine, Kelmis, Liège Province, Belgium
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 6.5 × 6.6 cm
Description

An excellent example of the famous knitted galena (gestrickter Bleiglanz or strickblende) in schalenblende matrix.
An unusual large piece from the Schmalgraf Mine.
Cut and polished on two sides.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Strickblende

Variety Of: 

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Hardness: 
0.0

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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