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Sphalerite On Calcite

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Sphalerite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.4 × 5.9 × 2.1 cm
Description

Interesting and unusual Chinese sphalerite var cleiophane. The main crystal is translucent and perched on a platy whitish calcite. The back also hosts tiny little, opaque, octahedral crystals of a beige colored mineral.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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