Call number:
C17
Classification:
Sulfides
Minerals from the Lavrion Mines
Minerals from the Lavrion Mines
Name:
Σφαλερίτης
Translated title:
Sphalerite
Place of origin:
Avlaki / Lavrion, Greece
Depositional environment:
Hydrothermal
Donor:
A. Tataris
Description:
Speciment containing intergrowths of spalerite and guartz. Sphalerite-galena veins crosscutting Kessariani schist in the Avlaki mine. Sphalerite is of the low-iron variety and associated with quartz crystals up to 3 cm long.
Chemical formula:
ZnS
Crystal system:
Isometric
Crystal schema:
Hextetrahedral
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