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Sphalerite & Galena

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Sphalerite & Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Victoria Mine, Littfeld, Kreuztal, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm
Description

Sharp and very beautiful gemmy redbrown sphalerite crystals with grey metalic galenite on matrix.

Beautiful specimen from Armin Wendland collection - acquired 1995

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Galena

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