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Calcite & Boulangerite

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Description
Locality: 
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.8 × 6.3 × 3.1 cm
Description

Spectacular piece from this famous discovery! Most material is grey and more dull - this one is jet-black and highly lustrous. I have a few decades of experience with minerals from Romania and really very seldom I saw such amazing quality. The assemble speaks for it self - pure eye-candy. Undamaged, back-side was on the rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Boulangerite

Formula: 
Pb5Sb4S11
Strunz: 
2.HC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Lead grey
Streak: 
Brownish
Type Locality: 
Molières, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France