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Hemimorphite Psm Sphalerite

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Hemimorphite Psm Sphalerite

Steven Phillips collection
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Description
Locality: 
Buckwheat Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.1 × 0.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a nice orange crystal of hemimorphite pseudo after sphalerite on dolomite from the Buckwheat dump. Very unusual find! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

Sphalerite

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

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