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Sphalerite Var Schalenblende With Sulphur

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Sphalerite Var Schalenblende With Sulphur

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Truskawiec (Truskavets), L'viv Oblast', Ukraine
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 9.5 × 4.5 cm
Weight: 
260.00gr
Description

An interesting combination specimen featuring typical banded "schalenblende" (from the German words "Schale" and "Blende", meaning "shell ore", in allusion to its concentric-layered structure) associated with crystalline sulphur.

From old Dr. Krantz stock, comes with antique label. The label means: "Blende mit Schwefel - Gang im Eocän - Truskawiecz bei Drohobycz, Galizien" (Sphalerite with sulfur - gangue in the eocene - Truskawiecz [Truskavets] near Drohobycz [Drohobytsch], Galicia). Galicia is a designation for a historic landscape in todays eastern poland and western ukraine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Schalenblende

Mixture Of: 

Sphalerite

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

Wurtzite

Formula: 
(Zn,Fe)S
Strunz: 
2.CB.45
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Galena

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

Sulphur

Formula: 
S8
Strunz: 
1.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5

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