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Schalenblende

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Schalenblende

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Description
Locality: 
Kreuth, Bleiberg District, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
18 × 9.3 × 3 cm
Description

Schalenblende is a mixture of sulfides, dominated by sphalerite and may contain intergrown marcasite, pyrite, galena and possible wurtzite. This material is very uncommon from the locality and very hard to obtain.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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