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Schalenblende

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Schalenblende

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Description
Locality: 
Segen Gottes Mine, Wiesloch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13 × 9 × 3 cm
Description

A beautiful, large and heavy schalenblende specimen from the Segen Gottes Mine in Wiesloch near Heidelberg. The schalenblende is intergrown with galena and possible some minor jordanite. 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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