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Title:
Sphalerite
Object name(s):
Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
Brief description:
Red-brown collection of isometric crystals of sphalerite. With a brownish streak and a hardness of 3.5. Some conchoidal fractures visible. Crystal faces have been smoothed due to sphalerite's reletively low hardness.
Collection:
University of St Andrews
Object name:
Mineralogical Collection The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
Object number:
GE11797
Object production date:
Date - latest:
1849
Responsible department/section:
GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f610f36d-c229-31cb-bcff-49624adfc682

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f610f36d-c229-31cb-bcff-49624adfc682, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC

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