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Pyroxene Group Sphalerite & Galena

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Pyroxene Group Sphalerite & Galena

Ex University of Amsterdam
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4.5 × 5 cm
Description

An aggregate of green sprays of pyroxene is partly replaced by brown sphalerite masses and grey metallic galena. A very interesting piece, collected in the early 1950's by Dutch geologists. Ex Institute of Geology of the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

 

Collected: 
1950's
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyroxene Group

Group Members: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Orthopyroxene Subgroup

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
Provenance
Cartils Minerals

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