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Calcite & Sphalerite

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Calcite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Diepenlinchen Mine, Mausbach, Stolberg, Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4.2 × 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

A beautiful example showing transparent calcite up to 1 cm on sphalerite and schalenblende matrix from one of the most important mines of the Aachen-Stolberg Zn-Pb ore district.

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