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Zinkenite Sphalerite & Quartz

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Zinkenite Sphalerite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Damon & Pythias Mine, King County, Washington, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2.4 × 2 cm
Description

Zinkenite needles and quartz crystals on sphalerite

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zinkenite

Formula: 
Pb9Sb22S42
Strunz: 
2.JB.35a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Graf Jost-Christian Mine, Wolfsberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Sphalerite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White