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Fizélyite Plumosite & Sphalerite

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Fizélyite Plumosite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.1 × 4.1 cm
Description

a large specimen featuring several black sphalerite crystals hosting tiny crystals of fizelyite and masses of plumosite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fizélyite

Formula: 
Ag5Pb14Sb21S48
Strunz: 
2.JB.40a
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Dark grey
Type Locality: 
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș Co., Romania

Plumosite

Synonym Of: 

Boulangerite

Formula: 
Pb5Sb4S11
Strunz: 
2.HC.15
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Cosalite

Formula: 
Pb2Bi2S5
Strunz: 
2.JB.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Dadsonite

Formula: 
Pb23Sb25S60Cl
Strunz: 
2.HC.30
Hardness: 
2.5

Jamesonite

Formula: 
Pb4FeSb6S14
Strunz: 
2.HB.15
Hardness: 
2.5

Zinkenite

Formula: 
Pb9Sb22S42
Strunz: 
2.JB.35a
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5

Sphalerite

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