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Sphalerite Var Cleiophane

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Sphalerite Var Cleiophane

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Description
Locality: 
Madan, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 11 × 7 cm
Description

Gemmy green sphalerite (cleiophane) crystals with minor galena cubes on white quartz crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Cleiophane

Variety Of: 

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Formula: 
ZnS
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA