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Sphalerite

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Sphalerite

with antique label
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Neu-Diepenbrock Mine, Selbeck, Ratingen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4.5 × 3.6 cm
Description

This is a very old specimen from an ancient zinc mine, abandoned in 1907 with a fantastic old label.

An epitaxial groth of small chalcopyrite crystals on large sphalerite crystals - on a bed of crystallized quartz.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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