mineral general info

Sharp black crystals of sphalerite to 5 mm in size scattered nicely about a crystallized quartz matrix. Minor galena and chalcopyrite in association.

Origin: Bandora mine, Silverton, Colorado, U.S.A.

Ex Marvin Pearce coll.

Sample size: 5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm

Lustrous black sharp twinned crystals of sphalerite to 15 mm in size completely covering a massive sphalerite matrix. See The Mineralogical Record, vol. 4, pp 55 - 61.

Origin: Trepca, Kosovo, Serbia

Sample size: 7.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm

Sphalerite with galena and quartz

Origin: Pachapaqui district, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Dept., Peru

Ex Charles Ruggles collection

Sample size: 12.5 x 8 x 6.5 cm

Origin: Big Four mine, Breckenridge, Colorado, U.S.A.

Ex Gil Griffin collection

Sample size: 3 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm

Sphalerite with quartz

Origin: Kangjiawan Pb-Zn-Ag-Au deposit, Shuikoushan orefield, Changning Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

Sample size: 14 x 10.1 x 3.7 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

Sphalerite with fluorite

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

Sample size: 4 x 4 x 2.8 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone