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Calcite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Sasar Mine, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 5 × 5.5 cm
Description

A spray of tan whiteish calcite on a matrix of crystallized dark brown to black sphalerite. The accompanying label from the J. Evlard collection may not belong to the specimen as also other minerals are listed on it (marcasite, rhodochrosite, gypsum; i can ID quartz as small crystals, a brownish carbonate which could be rhodochrosite, but cannot find marcasite). Said to be from Sasar Mine, Romania (Sassard, Romanie on the label).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Sphalerite

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

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Best regards Roger