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Wurtzite with Pyrite

#42315
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Wurtzite from Leonard mine, Butte dist., Silver Bow Co., Montana, United States - 42315
Wurtzite from Leonard mine, Butte dist., Silver Bow Co., Montana, United States - 42315

Wurtzite with Pyrite

#42315
Availability
Sold
Size
10 x 6 x 3.5 cm - Cabinet 
Formula
ZnS (RRUFF)
Locality
Leonard mine, Butte dist., Silver Bow Co., Montana, United States
Tagged
sulfide

This specimen has a narrow area on the side of large matrix filled with Pyrite, Quartz and Wurtzite. The Wurtzite occurs as groups of platy black crystals. one group is 6mm the other is 8mm.

Wurtzite

Formula
ZnS 
Crystal System
Hexagonal 
Crystal Habit
Radial, Tabular, Colloform 
Cleavage
Good, Good, None 
Luster
Adamantine - Resinous 
Color
brownish black, orange brown, reddish brown, black 
Streak
light brown 
Class
Hexagonal - Dihexagonal Pyramidal 
Fracture
Uneven 
Hardness
3.5-4 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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