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Sphalerite Galena & Pyrite

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Sphalerite Galena & Pyrite

Collected by John & Robert Lawson
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Blackcraig Mines, Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 5.2 cm
Weight: 
226.00gr
Description

A 'nodule' of massive sphaerite with cavities containing small brown sphaelerite crystals associated with galena and pyrite crystals. A good representative specimen from a seldom offered Scottish locality. LC

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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