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Zincite

Slag Mineral - Anthropogenic

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Locality: 
Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Nice piece with numerous pale yellow, prismatic crystals of zincite from the slag locality, Hüsten near Arnsberg. The red spots, cleavages on the specimen is lithargite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zincite

Formula: 
(Zn,Mn2+,Fe2+)O
Strunz: 
4.AB.20
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Loranth Minerals

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