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Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.1 × 2.7 cm
Weight: 
138.00gr
Description

Spectacular group of very sharp Sphalerite crystals with curved faces. Good transparency, brilliance and excellent toasted honey color. The mine is currently collapsed and filled with water since 1990, so such sphalerite samples are currently part of Spanish mineralogical history.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

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