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No forms reported.\r\nShort prismatic to tabular. Concentric banded crusts, fibrous, columnar.",3.5,4,3,"4","4.1","4.09","resinous, bright submetallic on xl faces","Resinous","Brilliant submetallic on crystal faces.","Translucent","Brown","Dark reddish-brown to black, orange-brown",[58,59,60],"black","brown","orange",[59],"Very good and easy on \u003Cmi>{11_20)\u003C\u002Fmi>, more difficult on {0001}.","Very Good","Irregular\u002FUneven","brittle","Uniaxial","+","2.356","2.378",2.356,2.378,"Yellow to dark brown","Found in hydrothermal veins rich in Zn and as concretions in sedimentary rocks.","Usually found as black to dark reddish-brown massive resinous to sub-metallic material, also as botryoidal banded crusts, and more rarely as hemimorphic pyramidal, or tabular, crystals.\r\nSeveral polytypes are known; the hexagonal 2H polytype is the mos...","Named in 1861 by Charles Friedel in honour of Charles Adolphe Wurtz (26 November 1817, Wolfisheim, near Strasbourg, France - 10 May 1884, Paris, France), French chemist who promoted ideas of atomic structure and organic chemistry. Wurtz was a laboratory assistant for Jean Baptiste Dumas at the École de Médecine and succeeded Dumas and was later appointed Professor of organic and mineral chemistry and eventually promoted to dean of the college. Wurtz was appointed chair of organic chemistry at the Sorbonne.  Wurtz was one of the most influential chemists in the world, he received many honours in his lifetime, and his name is one of 72 scientists, mathematicians, and engineers whose name is on the Eiffel Tower. Biography by Rocke (2001).","2026-02-09 16:10:47",[78,82],{"id":79,"name":80,"entrytype":42,"csystem":11,"ima_formula":11,"mindat_formula":81,"hmin":11,"hmax":11,"dmeas":11,"dcalc":11,"primary_image_id":11},47275,"Cadmium-rich Wurtzite","(Zn,Cd)S",{"id":83,"name":84,"entrytype":42,"csystem":11,"ima_formula":11,"mindat_formula":85,"hmin":86,"hmax":11,"dmeas":87,"dcalc":39,"primary_image_id":88},4204,"Voltzite","(Zn,Fe,Mn) S [with O  C H ]  ",4.5,"3.1",85381,[90,95,102,109],{"id":91,"name":92,"entrytype":9,"csystem":36,"ima_formula":93,"mindat_formula":93,"hmin":11,"hmax":11,"dmeas":11,"dcalc":94,"primary_image_id":11},42371,"Buseckite","(Fe,Zn,Mn)S","3.697",{"id":96,"name":97,"entrytype":9,"csystem":36,"ima_formula":98,"mindat_formula":98,"hmin":46,"hmax":46,"dmeas":99,"dcalc":100,"primary_image_id":101},844,"Cadmoselite","CdSe","5.47","5.807",4295,{"id":103,"name":104,"entrytype":9,"csystem":36,"ima_formula":105,"mindat_formula":105,"hmin":47,"hmax":45,"dmeas":106,"dcalc":107,"primary_image_id":108},1746,"Greenockite","CdS","4.8","4.824",29813,{"id":110,"name":111,"entrytype":9,"csystem":36,"ima_formula":112,"mindat_formula":112,"hmin":46,"hmax":46,"dmeas":39,"dcalc":39,"primary_image_id":113},7268,"Rambergite","MnS",20505,[],[116,123],{"id":117,"name":118,"entrytype":9,"csystem":119,"ima_formula":120,"mindat_formula":120,"hmin":86,"hmax":86,"dmeas":39,"dcalc":121,"primary_image_id":122},3253,"Polhemusite","Tetragonal","(Zn,Hg)S","4.83",19725,{"id":124,"name":125,"entrytype":9,"csystem":126,"ima_formula":16,"mindat_formula":16,"hmin":45,"hmax":46,"dmeas":127,"dcalc":128,"primary_image_id":129},3727,"Sphalerite","Isometric","3.9","4.096",66200,[131],{"id":132,"txt":133,"latitude":134,"longitude":135,"country":136},340,"San José Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia",-17.9611111,-67.125,"Bolivia",393,[139,142,146,151,155,159,163,167,171,175,178,183,187,191,196,201,205,208,211,216,220,224,228,233,238,243,247,251,255,259,263,268,273],{"id":140,"year":11,"html":141,"doi":11},18646127,"Schroll, E. (1953): Über Unterschiede im Spurengehalt bei Wurtziten, Schalenblenden und Zinkblenden. Sitzungsber. Österr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-naturwiss. Kl., 162, 305-332.",{"id":143,"year":144,"html":145,"doi":11},16128368,1861,"Friedel, C. (1861) Sur le dimorphisme du sulfure de zinc. Comptes Rendus de L’Académie des Sciences Paris: 52: 983-985.",{"id":147,"year":148,"html":149,"doi":150},103768,1925,"Ulrich, F.; Zachariasen, W. (1925) Über die Kristallstruktur des α- und ß-CdS, sowie des Wurtzits. \u003Ci>Zeitschrift für Kristallographie\u003C\u002Fi>,  62 (1-6). 260-273 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1524\u002Fzkri.1925.62.1.260'>doi:10.1524\u002Fzkri.1925.62.1.260\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1524\u002Fzkri.1925.62.1.260",{"id":152,"year":153,"html":154,"doi":11},1118651,1944,"Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) \u003Ci>The System of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.",{"id":156,"year":157,"html":158,"doi":11},521827,1948,"Fleischer, M. (1948) New mineral names. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  33 (9-10). 653-654 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM33\u002FAM33_653.pdf?reftype=.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":160,"year":161,"html":162,"doi":11},521951,1950,"Frondel, Clifford, Palache, Charles (1950) Three new polymorphs of zinc sulfide. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  35 (1-2) 29-42 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM35\u002FAM35_29.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":164,"year":165,"html":166,"doi":11},16123977,1953,"Kutina, J. (1953) Mikroskopischer und spektrographischer Beitrag zur Frage der Entstehung einiger Kolloidalstrukturen von Zinkblende und Wurtzit. Geologie, Berlin, 1, 436.",{"id":168,"year":169,"html":170,"doi":11},522666,1955,"Smith, F. G. (1955) Structure of zinc sulphide minerals. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  40 (7-8) 658-675 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM40\u002FAM40_658.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":172,"year":173,"html":174,"doi":11},522894,1957,"Hurlbut, Cornelius S. (1957) The wurtzite-greenockite series. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  42 (3-4) 184-190 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM42\u002FAM42_184.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":176,"year":173,"html":177,"doi":11},16128373,"Mloszewski, M.J., Saha, A.K., Nuffield, E.W. (1957) Manganoan ferroan wurtzite from Llallagua, Bolivia (II). The Canadian Mineralogist: 6: 136-139.",{"id":179,"year":180,"html":181,"doi":182},7745742,1963,"Hauss�hl, Siegfried, M�ller, German (1963) Neue ZnS-Polytypen (9R, 12R und 21R) in mesozoischen Sedimenten NW-Deutschlands. \u003Ci>Beitr�ge zur Mineralogie und Petrographie\u003C\u002Fi>, 9 (1). 28-39 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf01138618'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf01138618\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf01138618",{"id":184,"year":180,"html":185,"doi":186},16787783,"Rooymans, C.J.M. (1963) A phase transformation in the wurtzite and zinc blende lattice under pressure. \u003Ci>Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry\u003C\u002Fi>,  25 (3) 253-255 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002F0022-1902(63)80050-0'>doi:10.1016\u002F0022-1902(63)80050-0\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002F0022-1902(63)80050-0",{"id":188,"year":189,"html":190,"doi":11},16128375,1967,"Scott, S.D., Barnes, H.L. (1967) Abstract of paper presented at the twelfth annual meeting: Nonstoichiometric phase changes in sphalerite and wurtzite. The Canadian Mineralogist: 9: 306-306.",{"id":192,"year":193,"html":194,"doi":195},7498854,1968,"Brafman, O., Mitra, S. S. (1968) Raman Effect in Wurtzite- and Zinc-Blende-Type ZnS Single Crystals. \u003Ci>Physical Review\u003C\u002Fi>, 171 (3). 931-934 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1103\u002Fphysrev.171.931'>doi:10.1103\u002Fphysrev.171.931\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1103\u002Fphysrev.171.931",{"id":197,"year":198,"html":199,"doi":200},7501710,1969,"Arguello, C. A., Rousseau, D. L., Porto, S. P. S. (1969) First-Order Raman Effect in Wurtzite-Type Crystals. \u003Ci>Physical Review\u003C\u002Fi>, 181 (3). 1351-1363 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1103\u002Fphysrev.181.1351'>doi:10.1103\u002Fphysrev.181.1351\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1103\u002Fphysrev.181.1351",{"id":202,"year":203,"html":204,"doi":11},526850,1977,"Bailey, S. W. (1977) Report of the I.M.A.-I. U.Cr. Joint Committee on Nomenclature. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  62 (5-6) 411-415 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM62\u002FAM62_411.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":206,"year":203,"html":207,"doi":11},526865,"Fleet, Michael E. (1977) Structural transformations in natural ZnS. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  62 (5-6) 540-546 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM62\u002FAM62_540.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":209,"year":203,"html":210,"doi":11},16122781,"Fleet, M.E. (1977) The birefringence-structural state relation in natural zinc sulfides and its application to the schalenblende from Pribram. The Canadian Mineralogist, 15(3): 303-308.",{"id":212,"year":213,"html":214,"doi":215},1127132,1982,"Augustithis, S. S., Vgenopoulos, A. (1982) On the Hawleyite-Sphalerite-Wurtzite-Galena Paragenesis from Ragada, Komotini, (Rhodope) North Greece. In \u003Ci>Ore Genesis\u003C\u002Fi>. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p.413-417. \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002F978-3-642-68344-2_41'>doi:10.1007\u002F978-3-642-68344-2_41\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002F978-3-642-68344-2_41",{"id":217,"year":213,"html":218,"doi":219},151229,"Geilikman, M. B. (1982) Mechanisms of polytype stabilization during the wurtzite-sphalerite transition. \u003Ci>Physics and Chemistry of Minerals\u003C\u002Fi>,  8 (1) 2-7 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fbf00311155'>doi:10.1007\u002Fbf00311155\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fbf00311155",{"id":221,"year":222,"html":223,"doi":11},16128379,1983,"Hollenbaugh, D.W., Carlson, E.H. (1983) The occurrence of wurtzite polytypes in eastern Ohio. Canadian Mineralogist: 21: 697-703. https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fuploads\u002FCM21_697.pdf",{"id":225,"year":226,"html":227,"doi":11},16128380,1985,"Seal, R.R., Cooper, B.J., Craig, J.R. (1985) Anisotropic sphalerite of the Elmwood-Gordonsville deposits, Tennessee. The Canadian Mineralogist: 23 (1): 83-88. https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rruff.net\u002Fodr\u002Fview\u002Fdownloadfile\u002F71372",{"id":229,"year":230,"html":231,"doi":232},471092,1987,"Fleet, M. E. (1987) Layer-disordered wurtzite (ZnS-2H): diffuse X-ray scattering recorded by c-axis precession photography. \u003Ci>Journal of Applied Crystallography\u003C\u002Fi>,  20 (3) 191-194 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1107\u002Fs0021889887086849'>doi:10.1107\u002Fs0021889887086849\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1107\u002Fs0021889887086849",{"id":234,"year":235,"html":236,"doi":237},218465,1989,"Kisi, E. H., Elcombe, M. M. (1989) υ parameters for the wurtzite structure of ZnS and ZnO using powder neutron diffraction. \u003Ci>Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications\u003C\u002Fi>,  45 (12). 1867-1870 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1107\u002Fs0108270189004269'>doi:10.1107\u002Fs0108270189004269\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1107\u002Fs0108270189004269",{"id":239,"year":240,"html":241,"doi":242},14121560,1993,"Xu, Yong-Nian, Ching, W. Y. (1993) Electronic, optical, and structural properties of some wurtzite crystals. \u003Ci>Physical Review B\u003C\u002Fi>, 48 (7) 4335-4351 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1103\u002Fphysrevb.48.4335'>doi:10.1103\u002Fphysrevb.48.4335\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1103\u002Fphysrevb.48.4335",{"id":244,"year":245,"html":246,"doi":11},1118654,1997,"Gaines, Richard V.; Skinner, H. Catherine W.; Foord, Eugene E.; Mason, Brian; Rosenzweig, Abraham; King, Vandall T. (1997) \u003Ci>Dana's New Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> (8th ed.). Wiley-Interscience. 1872 pp.",{"id":248,"year":249,"html":250,"doi":11},17074050,1998,"Chao, G. Y., Gault, R. A. (1998) The occurrence of two rare polytypes of wurtzite, 4H and 8H, at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  36 (3) 775-778 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Frruff_1.0\u002Fuploads\u002FCM36_775.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":252,"year":253,"html":254,"doi":11},16128386,2001,"Rocke, A.J. (2001) Nationizing Science. Adolphe Wurtz and the Battle for Chemistry. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 443.",{"id":256,"year":257,"html":258,"doi":11},16968169,2005,"(2005) Wurtzite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fwurtzite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":260,"year":261,"html":262,"doi":11},15938997,2011,"Graeser, S. (2011): Die Wurtzite vom Lengenbach - Polymorphie und Polytypie. Schweizer Strahler 45, 16-24.  [-2H and -4H polytypes]",{"id":264,"year":265,"html":266,"doi":267},7736401,2020,"Pring, Allan, Wade, Benjamin, McFadden, Aoife, Lenehan, Claire E., Cook, Nigel J. (2020) Coupled Substitutions of Minor and Trace Elements in Co-Existing Sphalerite and Wurtzite. \u003Ci>Minerals\u003C\u002Fi>, 10 (2) 147 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3390\u002Fmin10020147'>doi:10.3390\u002Fmin10020147\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mdpi.com\u002F2075-163X\u002F10\u002F2\u002F147\u002Fpdf?version=1581235994' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3390\u002Fmin10020147",{"id":269,"year":270,"html":271,"doi":272},15517504,2023,"Subramani, Tamilarasan, Lilova, Kristina, Householder, Megan, Yang, Shuhao, Lyons, James, Navrotsky, Alexandra (2023) Surface energetics of wurtzite and sphalerite polymorphs of zinc sulfide and implications for their formation in nature. \u003Ci>Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta\u003C\u002Fi>, 340. 99-107 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.gca.2022.11.003'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.gca.2022.11.003\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.gca.2022.11.003",{"id":274,"year":275,"html":276,"doi":277},17318110,2024,"Barbier, Tristan, Lebedev, Oleg I., Maignan, Antoine (2024) Metal Substitutions (\u003Ci>M\u003C\u002Fi> = Al, Ga, In; Sn, Ge; and Mn, Fe, Co) in ZnS: Sphalerite versus Wurtzite Formation. \u003Ci>Inorganic Chemistry\u003C\u002Fi>,  63 (16) 7189-7198 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1021\u002Facs.inorgchem.3c04374'>doi:10.1021\u002Facs.inorgchem.3c04374\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1021\u002Facs.inorgchem.3c04374",[279,286,296,303,310,317,325,333,340,347,357,363,370,377,384,391,400,407,415,421,429,438,447,453,458,465,470,476,482],{"id":280,"source_url":281,"license_code":282,"credit_html":283,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":284,"original_height":285},31000,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F115083","CC BY 4.0","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F115083\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Geology, TalTech\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",1000,695,{"id":287,"source_url":288,"license_code":289,"credit_html":290,"title":291,"description":292,"author":293,"original_width":294,"original_height":295},85373,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10133697","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10133697\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wurtzite-49182.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: San José Mine, Oruro City, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCercado\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cercado\">Cercado Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOruro_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Oruro Department\">Oruro Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-340.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Wurtzite is one of those rather simple sulfides that few people see in well crystallized specimens. The San Jose mine (and various other mines in Bolivia) have produced some of the largest Wurtzite specimens extant. This specimen consists of several sharp, lustrous dark reddish-brown crystals on matrix. The important aspect of this specimen is that these are actual crystals and not small massive \"blebs\". 5.2 x 3.1 x 3.0cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",760,576,{"id":297,"source_url":298,"license_code":289,"credit_html":299,"title":300,"description":301,"author":293,"original_width":302,"original_height":295},28260,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151226","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151226\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wurtzite-176683.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Yaogangxian Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FYizhang_County\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Yizhang County\">Yizhang County\u003C\u002Fa>, Chenzhou Prefecture, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHunan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hunan\">Hunan Province\u003C\u002Fa>, China (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4549.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.4 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This piece features several highly lustrous, sharp, deep brownish-red, platy hexagonal crystals measuring up to 7 mm associated with white Calcite and minor Chalcopyrite.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",613,{"id":304,"source_url":305,"license_code":289,"credit_html":306,"title":307,"description":308,"author":293,"original_width":309,"original_height":295},85374,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10137399","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10137399\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wurtzite-70637.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: San José Mine, Oruro City, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCercado\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cercado\">Cercado Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOruro_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Oruro Department\">Oruro Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-340.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Wurtzite is one of those rather simple sulfides that few people see in well crystallized specimens. The San Jose mine (and various other mines in Bolivia) have produced some of the largest Wurtzite specimens extant. This specimen consists of several sharp, lustrous dark reddish-brown crystals on matrix. The important aspect of this specimen is that these are actual crystals and not small massive \"blebs\". 7.2 x 4.7 x 2.8cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",400,{"id":311,"source_url":312,"license_code":289,"credit_html":313,"title":314,"description":315,"author":293,"original_width":316,"original_height":309},85376,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151512","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151512\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wurtzite-177441.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMissouri\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Missouri\">Missouri\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3862.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.6 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is a very good specimen of wurtzite from the Tri-State District, at the turn-of-the-1900s. Ex. Dr. A.E. Foote, St. Ignatius College Museum, Hugh Ford, Robert Fitton, and George Feist Collections.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",287,{"id":318,"source_url":319,"license_code":289,"credit_html":320,"title":321,"description":322,"author":293,"original_width":323,"original_height":324},85377,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165192","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165192\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wurtzite-239870.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: San José Mine, Oruro City, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCercado\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cercado\">Cercado Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOruro_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Oruro Department\">Oruro Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-340.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.3 x 6.3 x 1.9 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Wurtzite is one of those rather simple sulfides that few people see in well crystallized specimens. The species was named for French chemist Charles Wurtz in the mid-1800s. The San Jose mine (and various other mines in Bolivia) has produced some of the largest Wurtzite specimens extant. This mine is also the type locality for Wurtzite as well. This specimen consists of several sharp, lustrous dark chocolate-brown crystals on matrix. The important aspect of this specimen is that these are actual crystals and not small massive \"blebs\".\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",501,432,{"id":326,"source_url":327,"license_code":289,"credit_html":328,"title":329,"description":330,"author":293,"original_width":331,"original_height":332},85378,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171552","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10171552\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wurtzite-275040.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.3 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Wurtzite is a relatively uncommon zinc, iron sulfide. It usually occurs as massive ore or as banded, botryoidal crusts. It is very rare as displayed in the sharp, hexagonal, stacked, tabular crystals on massive wurtzite matrix on this superb thumbnail from the Dick Jones Collection. The lustrous crystals have a nice purple iridescence to them. This classic, old-time specimen, dating to the 1960s or 1970s, is from the Siglo XX Mine of Bolivia.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",450,600,{"id":334,"source_url":335,"license_code":289,"credit_html":336,"title":337,"description":338,"author":293,"original_width":339,"original_height":324},420,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10168473","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10168473\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wurtzite-257282.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.0 x 3.6 x 2.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A classic and fine Wurtzite specimen from one of the most classic Bolivian localities extant. The piece consists of lustrous, metallic brown, very well-crystallized, textbook hexagonal \"rosettes\" of Wurtzite measuring up to 6 mm on matrix. This piece comes from the collection of the well known and now deceased Colorado geologist Allen Heyl (Aheylite) and was apparently in Martin Zinn's collection at one point according to the accompanying label.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",464,{"id":341,"source_url":342,"license_code":289,"credit_html":343,"title":344,"description":338,"author":293,"original_width":345,"original_height":346},421,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10168474","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10168474\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wurtzite-257283.jpg",361,360,{"id":348,"source_url":349,"license_code":350,"credit_html":351,"title":352,"description":353,"author":354,"original_width":355,"original_height":356},28258,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=7969921","Public domain","Andrew Silver, USGS, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=7969921\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wurtzite mineral.jpg","Wurtzite. Pen for scale. Mineral collection of Bringham Young University Department of Geology, Provo, Utah. Photograph by Andrew Silver. BYU index 2-4075b, ZnS","Andrew Silver, USGS",700,508,{"id":358,"source_url":359,"license_code":360,"credit_html":361,"title":125,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":284,"original_height":362},30728,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61697","CC BY-SA 4.0","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61697\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",750,{"id":364,"source_url":365,"license_code":289,"credit_html":366,"title":367,"description":368,"author":293,"original_width":369,"original_height":295},28259,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151182","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151182\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wurtzite-176485.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Yaogangxian Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FYizhang_County\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Yizhang County\">Yizhang County\u003C\u002Fa>, Chenzhou Prefecture, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHunan\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hunan\">Hunan Province\u003C\u002Fa>, China (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-4549.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.6 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This piece features several highly lustrous, sharp, deep reddish-brown, platy hexagonal crystals measuring up to 11 mm associated with white Calcite.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",625,{"id":371,"source_url":372,"license_code":289,"credit_html":373,"title":374,"description":375,"author":293,"original_width":376,"original_height":332},28261,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165291","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165291\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wurtzite-240010.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.0 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Wurtzite is an uncommon zinc, iron sulfide, seldom found in well-developed crystals. This fine specimen features booklets of sharp, hexagonal, submetallic wurtzite crystals aesthetically set on quartz matrix and accented with brassy chalcopyrite from the Siglo Veinte Mine at Llallagua, Bolivia. The wurtzite crystal clusters look like classic, textbook hematite \"iron roses\". The important aspect of this specimen is that these are actual crystals and not small massive \"blebs\". Ex. Dick Jones Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",570,{"id":378,"source_url":379,"license_code":289,"credit_html":380,"title":381,"description":382,"author":293,"original_width":383,"original_height":323},85375,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10141778","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10141778\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wurtzite-Bournonite-132442.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBournonite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bournonite\">Bournonite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Les Malines District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSaint-Laurent-le-Minier\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Saint-Laurent-le-Minier\">Saint-Laurent-le-Minier\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGard\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gard\">Gard\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLanguedoc-Roussillon\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Languedoc-Roussillon\">Languedoc-Roussillon\u003C\u002Fa>, France (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-1689.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 7.5 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>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.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",550,{"id":385,"source_url":386,"license_code":289,"credit_html":387,"title":388,"description":389,"author":293,"original_width":390,"original_height":309},23738,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10158609","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10158609\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Teallite-Wurtzite-Cassiterite-199633.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTeallite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Teallite\">Teallite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCassiterite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cassiterite\">Cassiterite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Ichocollo Mine (Ichucollo Mine; Monserrat Mine), Monserrat-Antequera district, Pazña, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPoop%C3%B3_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Poopó Province\">Poopó Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOruro_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Oruro Department\">Oruro Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-11937.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.6 x 2.8 x 3.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Collected from one of the famous Vaux expeditions of the early 1900's, this is a rare matrix teallite specimen featuring a pocket-growth teallite crystal measuring 1.3 cm long, perched safely in a protected vug of wurtzite crystals, all in a matrix of cassiterite ore. The slender yellow crystals are \"needle tin\". Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",294,{"id":392,"source_url":393,"license_code":282,"credit_html":394,"title":395,"description":396,"author":397,"original_width":398,"original_height":399},28265,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=130429823","Henk Smeets – tomeikminerals.com, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=130429823\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wurtzite6779.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Field of view: 0.5 mm\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Locality: Aris Quarries, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Henk Smeets – tomeikminerals.com",1920,1280,{"id":401,"source_url":402,"license_code":289,"credit_html":403,"title":404,"description":405,"author":293,"original_width":406,"original_height":324},28273,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166349","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10166349\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wurtzite-245570.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-34889.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 9.2 x 8.6 x 3.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A very interesting and unique Wurtzite specimen. The piece consists of lustrous, chocolate brown, crystallized \"casts\" after an unknown mineral which are associated with bright silvery Galena crystals on matrix. These specimens came out around 2002, and I only saw a few of them. I was never able to obtain an accurate locality, but it is certainly attractive for the species, and one of the most unusual Wurtzites that I have seen from Bolivia.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",480,{"id":408,"source_url":409,"license_code":289,"credit_html":410,"title":411,"description":412,"author":293,"original_width":413,"original_height":414},82173,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10456078","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10456078\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cassiterite-Teallite-Wurtzite-pas-06a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCassiterite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cassiterite\">Cassiterite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTeallite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Teallite\">Teallite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Ichocollo Mine (Ichucollo Mine; Monserrat Mine), Monserrat-Antequera district, Pazña, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPoop%C3%B3_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Poopó Province\">Poopó Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOruro_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Oruro Department\">Oruro Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-11937.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 4.6 x 2.8 x 3.4 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Teallite and Wurtzite on Cassiterite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Collected from one of the famous Vaux expeditions of the early 1900's, this is a rare matrix teallite specimen featuring a pocket-growth teallite crystal measuring 1.3 cm long, perched safely in a protected vug of wurtzite crystals , all in a matrix of cassiterite ore. The slender yellow crystals may be greenockite but I have not had them analysed so that is a bonus,if so. Freestanding , sharp teallite crystals are very uncommon, and this is a good one as it has matrix hosting it. Teallite normally forms as foliated masses or contacted ugly lumpy pieces, so this is, for what it is, quite a beauty. According to Mindat, this was an early locality for finds of teallite and material from this district provided type specimens of the species. This locality is reported as far back as The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University, 1837-1892. As an additional note, I am pretty certain with my contacts that there have been no new finds of TEALLITE in this region despite extensive recent specimen collecting for species such as potosiite, zinkenite, and andorite which were found. MUCH BETTER IN PERSON!\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",800,547,{"id":416,"source_url":417,"license_code":289,"credit_html":418,"title":419,"description":412,"author":293,"original_width":309,"original_height":420},23743,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10456080","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10456080\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cassiterite-Teallite-Wurtzite-pas-06c.jpg",332,{"id":422,"source_url":423,"license_code":289,"credit_html":424,"title":425,"description":426,"author":293,"original_width":427,"original_height":428},22032,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10477293","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10477293\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Seligmannite-Wurtzite-tuc1054x.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSeligmannite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Seligmannite\">Seligmannite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLengenbach_Quarry\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Lengenbach Quarry\">Lengenbach Quarry\u003C\u002Fa>, Im Feld (Imfeld; Feld; Fäld), Binn Valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWallis\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wallis\">Wallis (Valais)\u003C\u002Fa>, Switzerland (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3207.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 6.2 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Seligmannite and Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>From the TYPE LOCALITY for this rare species, this specimen features a row of sharp, 1-2mm seligmannite crystals in a protected cavity of sugary dolomite matrix. Atop the cluster , or accenting at its base depending on view, is a large , flatlaying, 1 cm wurtzite crystal. A rich specimen overall, and with the wurtzite a lot more to look at than most seligmannites, as a display specimen. From the collection of a longtime Lengenbach collector, which was sold off recently.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",1034,1800,{"id":430,"source_url":431,"license_code":289,"credit_html":432,"title":433,"description":434,"author":435,"original_width":436,"original_height":437},28274,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24762302","Bergminerale[1], via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24762302\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","WURTZIT aus Pribram 0067a.jpg","WURTZITE - Mineral of Pribram ; Bohemia ; Czech Republic","Bergminerale[1]",1586,1227,{"id":439,"source_url":440,"license_code":360,"credit_html":441,"title":442,"description":443,"author":444,"original_width":445,"original_height":446},85382,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83080488","Tõnis Saadre, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83080488\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Estonian Museum of Natural History Specimen No 175956 photo (g286 g286-84 1 jpg).jpg","\"sfaleriit\", \"sfaleriit, vurtsiit\", \"vurtsiit\", \"\". More info \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F93145\">about this file\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Fspecimen\u002F175956\">about this specimen\u003C\u002Fa> at \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002F\">geocollections.info\u003C\u002Fa>","Tõnis Saadre",2405,2067,{"id":448,"source_url":449,"license_code":289,"credit_html":450,"title":451,"description":426,"author":293,"original_width":428,"original_height":452},22031,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10477290","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10477290\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Seligmannite-Wurtzite-tuc1054y.jpg",1779,{"id":454,"source_url":455,"license_code":289,"credit_html":456,"title":457,"description":412,"author":293,"original_width":390,"original_height":309},23742,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10456079","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10456079\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cassiterite-Teallite-Wurtzite-pas-06b.jpg",{"id":459,"source_url":460,"license_code":289,"credit_html":461,"title":462,"description":463,"author":293,"original_width":390,"original_height":464},28272,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139239","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139239\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Wurtzite-118488.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWurtzite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wurtzite\">Wurtzite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLlallagua\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Llallagua\">Llallagua\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRafael_Bustillo_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rafael Bustillo Province\">Rafael Bustillo Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPotos%C3%AD_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Potosí Department\">Potosí Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Bolivia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-336.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 1.1 x 0.9 x 0.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A RARE, EXCELLENT, wurtzite CRYSTAL from the famous Siglo XX Mine at Llallagua, Bolivia. This is a really sharp, pseudo-hexagonal crystal, usually found only as crusts or botryoidal masses at other worldwide localities. Ex. George Elling Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",300,{"id":466,"source_url":467,"license_code":289,"credit_html":468,"title":469,"description":389,"author":293,"original_width":413,"original_height":414},70275,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10158608","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10158608\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Teallite-Wurtzite-Cassiterite-199632.jpg",{"id":471,"source_url":472,"license_code":289,"credit_html":473,"title":474,"description":426,"author":293,"original_width":428,"original_height":475},78916,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10477298","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10477298\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Seligmannite-Wurtzite-tuc1054c.jpg",1651,{"id":477,"source_url":478,"license_code":289,"credit_html":479,"title":480,"description":412,"author":293,"original_width":413,"original_height":481},82175,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10456083","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10456083\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cassiterite-Teallite-Wurtzite-pas-06e.jpg",630,{"id":483,"source_url":484,"license_code":289,"credit_html":485,"title":486,"description":412,"author":293,"original_width":413,"original_height":487},82176,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10456084","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10456084\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cassiterite-Teallite-Wurtzite-pas-06f.jpg",714,[489,495],{"id":490,"url":491,"label":492,"formula":493,"spacegroup":494,"year":240},14578,"\u002Fcif\u002F14578.cif","Xu 1993","Zn S","P 63 m c",{"id":496,"url":497,"label":498,"formula":493,"spacegroup":494,"year":148},14579,"\u002Fcif\u002F14579.cif","Ulrich 1925",[500,501,502],"Alpha zinc sulfide","Buergerite (of Gagarin and Cuomo)","Spiauterite",[504,508,512,516,520,524,528,531,536,540,543,547,551,556,559,563,567,571,575,580,583,587,592,595,600,603,606,610,613,617,620,625,628,631,635,638,641],{"lang":505,"names":506},"af",[507],"Wurtziet",{"lang":509,"names":510},"ar",[511],"فورتزيت",{"lang":513,"names":514},"az",[515],"Vürtsit",{"lang":517,"names":518},"be",[519],"Вюрцыт",{"lang":521,"names":522},"ca",[523],"wurtzita",{"lang":525,"names":526},"cs",[527],"Wurtzit",{"lang":529,"names":530},"da",[527],{"lang":532,"names":533},"de",[527,534,535],"Wurtzitstruktur","Wurzit",{"lang":537,"names":538},"el",[539],"Βουρτσίτης",{"lang":541,"names":542},"es",[523],{"lang":544,"names":545},"et",[546],"vurtsiit",{"lang":548,"names":549},"eu",[550],"Wurtzita",{"lang":552,"names":553},"fa",[554,555],"ورتزیت","وورتزیت",{"lang":557,"names":558},"fr",[7],{"lang":560,"names":561},"id",[562],"wurtzit",{"lang":564,"names":565},"it",[566],"wurtzite",{"lang":568,"names":569},"ko",[570],"섬유아연석",{"lang":572,"names":573},"nb",[574],"wurtzitt",{"lang":576,"names":577},"nl",[578,579],"wurtziet","Wurziet",{"lang":581,"names":582},"nn",[574],{"lang":584,"names":585},"oc",[586],"Wurzita",{"lang":588,"names":589},"pl",[590,591],"Wurcyt","Wurtzyt",{"lang":593,"names":594},"pt",[550],{"lang":596,"names":597},"ru",[598,599],"Вюртцит","Вюрцит",{"lang":601,"names":602},"sl",[562],{"lang":604,"names":605},"sv",[527],{"lang":607,"names":608},"tg",[609],"Вюрсит",{"lang":611,"names":612},"uk",[598],{"lang":614,"names":615},"uz",[616],"Vyurtsit",{"lang":618,"names":619},"vi",[527],{"lang":621,"names":622},"zh",[623,624],"纤维锌矿","纤锌矿",{"lang":626,"names":627},"zh-cn",[623],{"lang":629,"names":630},"zh-hans",[623],{"lang":632,"names":633},"zh-hant",[634],"纖維鋅礦",{"lang":636,"names":637},"zh-hk",[634],{"lang":639,"names":640},"zh-sg",[623],{"lang":642,"names":643},"zh-tw",[634],"Q421115",{"history":11,"applications":11}]