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Inesite & Sphalerite

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Inesite & Sphalerite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
North Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 8.4 × 5.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.90cm
Description

A definitive sample of inesite from the classic locality of Broken Hill, Australia.

The inesite displays a fan-like display of fine brownish bronze crystals so distinctive of the species.

The inesite is set in a matrix of sparkling, high grade sphalerite and galena ore from the North Mine, Broken Hill, Australia.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Inesite

Formula: 
Ca2(Mn,Fe)7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.DL.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hilfe Gottes Mine, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Dillenburg District, Hesse, Germany

Sphalerite

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

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