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EZ56AM1: A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Complex crystals of Sphalerite with equant habit and very well defined faces and edges, translucent, shiny, and with intense orange-red reflections. On matrix covered by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zellidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco (±1970)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 3.9 cm = 2.17” × 1.57” × 1.54”
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.31” × 0.24”
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