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Calamine & Schalenblende

Ex Krantz
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Description
Locality: 
Kelmis, Plombières, Liège Province, Belgium
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 5 × 3.3 cm
Description

A very unusual piece from the Vieille Montagne (Altenberg) Mining District in Moresnet-Kelmis with greenish banded smithsonite (Calamine or Galmei) associated with some schalenblende.
Old piece with a Krantz-Bonn label, probably from the Fossey Mine.
Cut and polished on one side.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calamine

Synonym Of: 

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0

Hydrozincite

Formula: 
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

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
Cartils Minerals

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