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Sphalerite


Sphalerite : (Zn,Fe2+)S

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Locality: Great Wheal Busy (Chacewater Mine), Chacewater, Scorrier area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
Larger object about 4mm long. Identified by University of Vienna as pseudohexagonal sphalerite formed by polysynthetic twinning, a highly unusual habit.
-- Personal collection G. Curtis. Collected Wheal Busy 20 July 2004.

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