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Galena With Schalenblende Smithsonite & Hemimorphite

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Galena With Schalenblende Smithsonite & Hemimorphite

From an old collection of Dipl. Berging. Siegfried Maiweg 1901-1982, Unna
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Helena Mine, Bytom City County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 7 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Weight: 
272.00gr
Description

Interesting old combo of octaedric cubes of Galena up to 20mm associated with Schalenblende, Pyrite-Marcasite and Smithsonite-Hemimorphite from the "Grube Neue Helene bei Scharley bei Beuthen in Niederschlesien"

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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

Smithsonite

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

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

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