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Sphalerite & Ankerite

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Sphalerite & Ankerite

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Description
Locality: 
Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4.5 × 4 cm
Description

Matrix with a large vug lined with colourless quartz crystals and a lovely combination of gemmy red/ brown sphalerite crystals and creamy brown ankerite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Ankerite

Formula: 
Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria

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