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Pyrrhotite Plumosite & Sphalerite

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Pyrrhotite Plumosite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Stan Terg Mine, Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 7.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

Specimen of pyrrhotite covered by plumosite, small sphalerite, calcite and arsenopyrite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrrhotite

Formula: 
Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Plumosite

Synonym Of: 

Boulangerite

Formula: 
Pb5Sb4S11
Strunz: 
2.HC.15
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Cosalite

Formula: 
Pb2Bi2S5
Strunz: 
2.JB.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Dadsonite

Formula: 
Pb23Sb25S60Cl
Strunz: 
2.HC.30
Hardness: 
2.5

Jamesonite

Formula: 
Pb4FeSb6S14
Strunz: 
2.HB.15
Hardness: 
2.5

Zinkenite

Formula: 
Pb9Sb22S42
Strunz: 
2.JB.35a
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5

Sphalerite

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