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Sphalerite Galena

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Sphalerite Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm
Weight: 
23.00gr
Description

Rare for the Kalahari manganese Field locality, this specimen is made up of botryoidal olive-green to grey sphalerite, coating calcite. It is further scattered with tiny galena crystals and calcite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Galena

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

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