Sphalerite

  
Sphalerite on quartz
Origin: Shuikoushan mine, near Hengyang, Hunan province, China
Sample size: 7 x 3.5 x 3 cm
 
  
Sphalerite with chalcopyrite on dolomite
Origin: Mid-Continent mine, Treece, Kansas, U.S.A.
Sample size: 17 x 15 x 7 cm
 
  
Origin: Picher, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.5 x 4 x 2 cm
 
  
Origin: Nentsbury Haggs mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England
Sample size: 5.5 x 6.5 x 8.5 cm
 
  
 
  
Two complex black crystals of sphalerite, the largest 5 cm across, set nicely on a chert matrix. The sphalerites are studded with small brassy crystals of chalcopyrite.
Origin: Mid-Continent mine, Treece, Kansas
Sample size: 7.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm (top), 8.5 x 4 x 7.5 cm (bottom)
 
  
  
Sphalerite with fluorite
Origin: Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, U.S.A.
Ex. Steve Neely collection
Sample size: 15.6 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm
 

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Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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