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Sphalerite & Bornite

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Sphalerite & Bornite

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Description
Locality: 
Cattle Grid Deposit, Mount Gunson, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 6.8 × 3.5 cm
Description

Translucent yellow to olive green sphalerite crystal with some poorly formed bornite on a matrix of druzy quartz from the long closed Cattlegrid mine at Mount Gunson.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Bornite

Formula: 
Cu5FeS4
Strunz: 
2.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Earthstones Australia

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