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Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Anxbach Mine, Lorscheid, Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm
Description

Intense red sphalerite on siderite matrix from the Anxbach mine. Historic specimen. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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