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Sphalerite With Galena

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Sphalerite With Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Glendalough Mine, Glendalough, County Wicklow, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Reflective yellow/brown sphalerite crystals in association with galena crystals, some of which display the uncommon flat hexagonal habit found at this locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey
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