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Greenockite & Sphalerite

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Greenockite & Sphalerite

ex Klaus Schinke sen., ex Leon Hupperichs, discovery 1975
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Becke-Oese Quarry, Menden, Iserlohn, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 8.3 × 6 cm
Description

A nice specimen with lemon yellow crust of greenockite with dark brown, high metalic lustrous sphalerite. The greenockite was found only on one point in the quarry. The specimen comes with four labels. The oldest label is from mr. schinke. The second documented the specimen was in the collection from leon hupperichs and the third from his mineral trading.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Greenockite

Formula: 
CdS
Strunz: 
2.CB.45
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Bishopton tunnel, Bishopton, Strathclyde (Renfrewshire), Scotland, UK

Sphalerite

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