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Sphalerite

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Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Nikolayevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 12 × 8.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.40cm
Description

Rcih, black, partly lustrous sphalerite crystals up to 3.4 cm across on matrix , accompanied by colorless prismatic quartz needles from the famous Nikolayevskiy Mine in Dalnegorsk, Russia. A really nice, unusual piece, because of the tiny second generation sphalerite crystals on the surface of some of the sphalerite crystal faces. A nice piece for any collector of Russian minerals and/or aesthetic mineral specimens.

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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