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Sphalerite On Galena

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Sphalerite On Galena

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Locality: 
Deveti Septemvri Mine, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Very old piece, trimmed out of a bigger damaged piece, this fine miniature hosts several big, sharp yellow-green crystals o sphalerite on two galena skeletal cubes. The color needs no light to be exposed and this material is impossible to find today. Out of the collection of a local miner. No damage.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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