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Jordanite Var Schalenblende

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Jordanite Var Schalenblende

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Description
Locality: 
Segen Gottes Mine, Wiesloch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4 × 2.7 cm
Description

Massive jordanite with galena and sphalerite. Jordanite are analysed by edx. Plus galena with minor stibium. The specimen comes with edx data sheets.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jordanite

Formula: 
Pb14(As,Sb)6S23
Strunz: 
2.JB.30a
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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