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Sphalerite

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Sphalerite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Mercur Mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Historic example of red sphalerite so called "Rubinblende" from Mercur Mine. Comes with an antique handwritten label dated back to 1893.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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