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Wurtzite

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Wurtzite

Fluorescent

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Locality: 
Kirki Mines, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Nice wurtzite specimen with good orange brown, free standing crystals. The specimen shows orange fluorescence in UV light. After the UV exposure the specimen also shows phosphorescence.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wurtzite

Formula: 
(Zn,Fe)S
Strunz: 
2.CB.45
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Loranth Minerals

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