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Melierterz

Ex. G. Hauser collection

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Description
Locality: 
Rammelsberg, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Description

A german classic. Massiv banded, sedimentary type iron minerals var. "melierterz" from Rammelsberg, Harz mts.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melierterz

Mixture Of: 

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.5

Sphalerite

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