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Sphalerite & Pyrite

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Sphalerite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilfe Gottes Mine, Wiemannsbucht, Bad Grund, Lower Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 5.4 × 4.9 cm
Description

A special specimen with sphalerite crystal, which are overgrow with pyrite coating. The crystals are on a ore matrix with sphalerite and galena. The specimen is from the underground. We obtained this specimen directly from the finder.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Pyrite

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