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Sphalerite Var Cleiophane

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Sphalerite Var Cleiophane

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Description
Locality: 
Krushev Dol Mine, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.4 × 1.2 cm
Description

Beautiful, transparent, brown/green sphalerite crystals up to 8 mm across contrasting nicely with a white quartz base layer. A great example of a less commonly seen habit of sphalerite.

 

Condition
General: 
Excellent - Some peripheral damage
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Cleiophane

Variety Of: 

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Formula: 
ZnS
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Peter Crozier Minerals