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Schalenblende

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Schalenblende

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Description
Locality: 
Kelmis, Plombières, Liège Province, Belgium
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 5.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

This is not just another schalenblende from Poland, but this specimen is coming from the famous Kelmis district. Most probably this specimen is coming from the Smalgraf mine in that area. It is polished at one side and left natural on the other side. Beautiful old specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schalenblende

Mixture Of: 

Sphalerite

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

Wurtzite

Formula: 
(Zn,Fe)S
Strunz: 
2.CB.45
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Tectonica

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