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Sphalerite Var Schalenblende & Galena

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Sphalerite Var Schalenblende & Galena

own find 1989
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Fossey Mine, Astenet, Lontzen, Verviers, Liège Province, Belgium
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 4.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Classic belgian schalenblende specimen with in part overgrown galena octohedrons on top of the more or less botryoidal surface. 1989 find at the long time abandoned Fossey mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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