Sphalerite

  
Origin: Elmwood mine, near Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, U.S.A.
Sample size: 8 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm
 
  
Sphalerite with chalcopyrite
Origin: Swalley mine, Baxter Springs, Kansas, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm
 
  
Sphalerite with calcite
  
Sphalerite with fluorite and chalcopyrite
Origin: Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
Sample size: 5 x 3 x 3.5 cm (top), 15 x 10 x 6 cm (bottom)
 
Sphalerite with quartz
Origin: Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 3.5 cm
 
  
Sphalerite with chalcopyrite on dolomite
  
Origin: Picher, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Sample size: 10 x 7 x 6.5 cm (top), 5.3 x 5.5 x 3 cm (bottom)
 
  
Fluorite on sphalerite
Origin: Gordonsville mine, Smith Co., Tennessee
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 4 cm
 
Origin: Linwood mine, Buffalo, Iowa, U.S.A.
Sample size: 16 x 16 x 20 mm
 
  
  
Sphalerite on dolomite
Origin: Elmwood Mine, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, U.S.A.
Ex. Steve Neely collection
Sample size: 5.4 x 5.1 x 3 cm
 

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Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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