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Schalenblende

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Description
Locality: 
Schmalgraf Mine, Kelmis, Liège Province, Belgium
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 4 × 1.7 cm
Description

A fine little schalenblende specimen, notably from an old South European collection (Label names "La Calamita" instead of "La Calamine" for Kelmis). Found before 1932. Schalenblende is a mix of wurtzite, sphalerite, marcasite and galena.

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

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