Sphalerite

Origin: Linwood mine, Buffalo, Iowa, U.S.A.

Sample size: 3 x 3 x 4 cm

Origin: Cessford quarry, Biggsville, Illinois, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4 x 2.7 x 3.2 cm

Origin: Joplin, Missouri

Sample size: 5 x 2.5 x 7 cm

Sphalerite with galena and quartz

Origin: Second Sovietskiy mine, near Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

Sample size: sphalerite crystals to 15 mm in diameter

Origin: Cumberland mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6 x 5 x 3 cm

Origin: Picher, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Sample size: 17.5 x 9.5 x 3 cm

Origin: Elmwood mine, near Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, U.S.A.

Sample size: 9 x 5.5 x 5 cm

Sphalerite and dolomite on fluorite

Origin: Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, U.S.A.

Ex. Steve Neely collection

Sample size: 5 x 3.6 x 5.1 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Sphalerite with quartz

Origin: Gibraltar Mine, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico

Ex. Marty Lewadny collection

Sample size: 7.3 x 6.5 x 4 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

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