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Galena & Sphalerite Var Cleiophane

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Galena & Sphalerite Var Cleiophane

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Description
Locality: 
Osikovo Deposit, Septemvri Mine, Madan, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 9.2 × 8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Description

Partly skeletal galena crystal up to 1 cm, with cleophane (yellow-green sphalerite) crystal up to 3 cm. Also minor pyrite and chalcopyrite crystal are present.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Galena

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

Sphalerite

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

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

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