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Marcasite & Schalenblende

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Marcasite & Schalenblende

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Description
Locality: 
Rohdenhaus Quarry, Rohdenhaus, Niederberg Area, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 8 × 6 cm
Description

Marcasite spheres on botryoidal schalenblende

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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