Sphalerite

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

  

Amber sphalerite crystal aggregates to 4 mm with snow white dolomite rhombs to 6 mm

Origin: Penfield quarry, Penfield, New York, United States

Sample size: 6 x 4 x 4.5 cm

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

Sphalerite on dolomite

Origin: Elmwood mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, United States

Sample size: 4 x 3 x 2 cm (top), 4.7 x 3.5 x 3 cm (2nd row), 3 x 2 x 1.3 cm (3rd row), 9.5 x 8 x 5 cm (4th row), 6.3 x 5 x 2 cm (bottom)

 

  

Origin: Lockport, New York, United States
Eaton Collection

Sample size: 6 x 4 x 1.5 cm

 

  

Sphalerite on fluorite

Origin: Elmwood mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, United States

Sample size: 3 x 3 x 3 cm

 

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Sphalerite on quartz

Origin: Shui Koushan, Hunan Province, China

Sample size: 5 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm

 

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