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Artichoke Quartz & Sphalerite Var Marmatite

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Artichoke Quartz & Sphalerite Var Marmatite

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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 17.2 × 6.8 cm
Weight: 
826.00gr
Description

Aesthetic and old specimen from Romania of particular Artichoke Quartz in crystals of excellent brightness with a transparent termination associated with sparkling black Sphalerite var Marmatite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Artichoke Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0

Sphalerite

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

Marmatite

Variety Of: 

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Formula: 
(Zn,Fe)S
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Black

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