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Schalenblende

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Schalenblende

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Description
Locality: 
Schmalgraf Mine, Kelmis, Liège Province, Belgium
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.4 × 3 cm
Description

A very fine example of schalenblende from one of the premier classic localities for this mineral; the Schmalgraf Mine near Kelmis, Belgium.

This sample is polished on one side and has dark and light coloured bands of sphalerite and wurzite together with some lead grey inclusions of galena.
Cut and polished on one side.

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
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