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Sphalerite Galena & Ankerite

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Sphalerite Galena & Ankerite

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Description
Locality: 
Hellyer-Que River Mines, Waratah, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2.8 × 2 cm
Description

Small bright orange transparent sphalerite crystals with twinned galena crystals and creamy siderite crystals from Que River

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

Ankerite

Formula: 
Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria
Earthstones Australia

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