Wurtzite Gallery

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Wurtzite : (Zn,Fe)S, Bournonite : PbCuSbS₃
	Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France 7.5 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm. Sharp, battleship-gray, twinned bournonite crystals richly and attractively cover the upper portion of this fine combination specimen, along with black wurtzite crystals. Ex. Scott Williams and George Elling Collections.
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Wurtzite : (Zn,Fe)S
	Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France 6.6 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm. Scintillating, hexgonal, black to gemmy golden-yellow wurtzite prisms in parallel-growth richly cover the undulating matrix of massive sulfides. Wurtzite is an uncommon zinc, iron sulfide, a polymorph of sphalerite and is seldom found in well-developed crystals worldwide. Wurtzite is usually found as crusts or blebs, so this is ...
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Wurtzite Gallery

Wurtzite : (Zn,Fe)S, Bournonite : PbCuSbS3

Wurtzite : (Zn,Fe)S

Wurtzite : (Zn,Fe)S, Bournonite : PbCuSbS₃