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Semseyite & Sphalerite Psm Stibnite

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Semseyite & Sphalerite Psm Stibnite

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Description
Locality: 
Nueva Virginia Mine, Lanzuela, Teruel, Aragón, Spain
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2 × 2.2 cm
Description

Neat specimen with semseyite crystals growing on long prismatic stibnite crystals that have been replaced by sphalerite.

Rare even for the location.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Semseyite

Formula: 
Pb9Sb8S21
Strunz: 
2.HC.10d
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Baia Sprie mine (Felsöbánya mine), Baia Sprie (Felsöbánya), Maramureș Co., Romania

Sphalerite

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

Stibnite

Formula: 
Sb2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Lead grey
schani

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