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Sphalerite

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Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Lüderich Mine, Altenbrück, Bensberg, Overath, Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.3 × 4 cm
Description

A mid 20th century sample of lustrous honeygolden Sphalerites from Lüderich Mine. Comes with a handwritten label dated back to April 1952.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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