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Cleiophane & Galena

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Cleiophane & Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Deveti Septemvri Mine, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 15 × 12 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

Very good specimen with gemmy yellow-green sphalerite (variety cleiophane) crystals and well-developed galena crystals + pyrite and minor quartz.The specimen has a few dings but is very fine all over. The cleiophane crystals were a little hard to photograph, but the color is fine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cleiophane

Variety Of: 

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Formula: 
ZnS
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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