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Wurtzite Var Schalenblende

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Wurtzite Var Schalenblende

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Description
Locality: 
Segen Gottes Mine, Wiesloch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 4 × 0.9 cm
Description

This is a very nice slap of wurtzite variety schalenblende from the famous Segen Gottes Mine near Wiesloch, closed to Heidelberg. Specimens like that are the most sought after items of this species in Germany. Very aesthically.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wurtzite

Formula: 
(Zn,Fe)S
Strunz: 
2.CB.45
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

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
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