Sphalerite
Formula | (Zn, Fe)S |
Origin | Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal´negorsk (Russia) |
Description | black high gloss sphalerite |
Classification (Lapis) | Sulfides |
Crystal System | Cubic |
Hardness | 3,5 – 4,0 |
Colour | Highly variable, ranging from colorless to dark brown, gray, black, commonly brown, yellow, red, green |
Streak | Pale brown to pale yellow and white |
Luminescence | noe observed |
Lustre | Resinous to adamantine |
Transparency (Opacity) | Transparent to translucent |
Cleavage | Perfect |
Fracture | Conchoidal |
Magnetism | negative |
Geological Setting | Formed under a wide range of low- to high-temperature hydrothermal conditions |
Specific Gravity | 4,1 g/cm3 |
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