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Sphalerite

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NST633934

Sphalerite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Příbram District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

A dark reddish-brown crystal of sphalerite with quartz and minor chalcopyrite on siderite matrix. Old sample, crystal with contact on top. Comes with an early 20th century label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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