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Pyrite & Sphalerite

ex H. Kluge, Hamburg, GER
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Auguste-Victoria Mine, Marl-Hüls, Ruhr, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 4.9 × 3 cm
Description

German classic from closed Auguste-Victoria coal mine, which mined a vein type base metal mineralization ("William Köhler vein") from 1938 to 1962 also. Production was as high as 20 % of Germanys annual Pb-Zn production  in the 1950s. This is a really nice specimen of tree-like aggregated pyrite cubes with some dark sphalerite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Sphalerite

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

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Best regards Roger