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Sphalerite

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Locality: 
Gourette, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 4.2 × 1.9 cm
Description

Old specimen of brown microcrystalline zinc ore of sphalerite from the old mines exploited hight in the Pyrenees near the Anglas lake at the end of the XIX Century by the “Société des Mines d’Arre”.

From an old German collection built previous to the Second World War, specimen #149. Includes an old Dr. F.Krantz label. Ex. Jean De Marche.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

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