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Baryte Galena Cerussite & Sphalerite

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RPN98139

Baryte Galena Cerussite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Bad Bleiberg, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Galenite with edge length up to 1.8cm is partially covered by tabular white baryte. On the galena sphalerite and several good shaped cerussite crystals up to 0.6cm are placed. Good and rare historic find from the 1960s from this closed mine that does not deliver any new material.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

Galena

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

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy

Sphalerite

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