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Schalenblende

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Schalenblende

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Description
Locality: 
Segen Gottes Mine, Wiesloch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Description

This material is called "Schalenblende" which consists of Sphalerite, Wurtzite, Galena, Jordanite, and other sulfides in a concentric layered structure.
Beautiful polished slab from Armin Wendland collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schalenblende

Mixture Of: 

Sphalerite

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

Wurtzite

Formula: 
(Zn,Fe)S
Strunz: 
2.CB.45
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.5