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Zinkenite On Siderite

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Zinkenite On Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Saint Pons, Barcelonette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.9 × 5.7 × 5.6 cm
Description

About 20 years ago, I had the "funny idea" to visit the alpine runes at the St. Pons area near Barcelonette at Alpes-Haute-Provence, to collect there the great sulfosalt specimens. I didn´t image how difficult and exhausting this trip would be. And the result was almost disappointing. So I know, what it means, to see a good specimen from this locale. And this is a real good specimen of highly metallic, steel-gray prismatic sulfosalt Zinkenite, richly scattered on a matrix of lustrous and well developed olive-brown Siderite rhombs. The Zinkenite features a fine and clear vertical striation is sharp and lustrous as well. A rich specimen in very good shape and hard to get nowadays,- especially considering the fact, that the heydays of this great locality is almost over.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zinkenite

Formula: 
Pb9Sb22S42
Strunz: 
2.JB.35a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Graf Jost-Christian Mine, Wolfsberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
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