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Sphalerite With Siderite & Quartz

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Sphalerite With Siderite & Quartz

from my own collection
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Description
Locality: 
Dörnberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6 × 3.6 cm
Description

Very good, lustrous sphalerite crystals with nice rock crystals and coffee-brown siderite micro-crystals. Both sides of the specimen are well covered.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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