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Sphalerite

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Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Lüderich Mine, Altenbrück, Bensberg, Overath, Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15.6 × 8.8 × 6.5 cm
Description

A large, very good classic sphalerite specimen you only see once in a lifetime. Dark brown translucent crystals over the sphalerite-drenched matrix. It took some beats but still is a fine exceptional specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

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