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Wurtzite-2H & Lengenbachite

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Wurtzite-2H & Lengenbachite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Brown microcrystals of wurtzite-2H (a polytype of wurtzite) associated to silvery metallic lengenbachite from the famous Lengenbach quarry in Switzerland

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wurtzite-2H

Polytype Of: 

Wurtzite

Formula: 
(Zn,Fe)S
Strunz: 
2.CB.45
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Lengenbachite

Formula: 
Ag4Cu2Pb18As12S39·
Strunz: 
2.HF.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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