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Sphalerite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Shuikoushan Mine, Changning County, Hengyang, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.6 × 4.6 × 3.2 cm
Description

A cluster of multifaced and in parts transparent crystals of sphalerite, typically perched on glistening brown quartz and white calcite. The sphalerite is so far I can see undamaged and the surface of the sphalerite id highly lustrous. A good specimen fromthe classic Chines locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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