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Zinkenite On Siderite

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Zinkenite On Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Saint Pons, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3 × 2.3 cm
Description

Very good acicular, dark gray zinkenite crystals on very good brown siderite crystals with minor, white calcite.
Rare.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zinkenite

Formula: 
Pb9Sb22S42
Strunz: 
2.JB.35a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Graf Jost-Christian Mine, Wolfsberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Siderite

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

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