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Greenockite & Zinkenite

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Greenockite & Zinkenite

ex Americo Urbinati collection

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Description
Locality: 
San Francisco Mine, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.1 × 1.8 cm
Description

yellow crusts and psm after zinkenite of yellow greenockite crystals with metallic zinkenite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Greenockite

Formula: 
CdS
Strunz: 
2.CB.45
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Bishopton tunnel, Bishopton, Strathclyde (Renfrewshire), Scotland, UK

Zinkenite

Formula: 
Pb9Sb22S42
Strunz: 
2.JB.35a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Graf Jost-Christian Mine, Wolfsberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany