mineral general info

Sphalerite with galena and quartz

Origin: Stari Trg Mine, Trepca Complex, Trepca Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro

Sample size: 2.5 x 2 x 2.5 cm

Sphalerite with minor ankerite

Origin: West Cross Vein, Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England

Sample size: 6.5 x 3.3 x 4.7 cm

Sphalerite with chalcopyrite on quartz

Origin: Swalley Mine, Baxter Springs, Kansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6 x 7.8 x 3.3 cm

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

Sample size: 17 x 20 x 20 mm (top), 31 x 23 x 22 mm (bottom)

Sphalerite with calcite

Origin: Pachapaqui Mine, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru

Sample size: 10.5 x 7 x 4.5 cm

Origin: Lincoln Quarry (Beamsville Quarry), Beamsville, Clinton Township, Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada

Sample size: 16 x 8 x 26 mm

Sphalerite with barite

Origin: Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Junin, Peru

Sample size: 10 x 8.5 x 3 cm

Origin: Animon Mine, Huaron Mining District, San Jose de Huayllay district, Cerro de Pasco, Alcides Carrion Province, Pasco Department, Peru

Sample size: 19 x 18 x 27 mm

Sphalerite with minor calcite

Origin: Pine Point, Northwest Territories, Canada

Sample size: 4 x 2.5 x 6.3 cm

Sphalerite with calcite

Origin: Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri, U.S.A.

Sample size: 11 x 6.5 x 7 cm

Sphalerite with chalcopyrite

Origin: Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State district, Cherokee Co., Kansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7.5 x 5.5 x 7 cm

Origin: Robinson Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 8.3 x 4.3 x 6.7 cm

Sphalerite with chalcopyrite and quartz

Origin: Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania

Sample size: 3.3 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm

Sphalerite with minor chalcopyrite

Origin: Picher Field, Tri-State district, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6 x 6 x 4.3 cm

Origin: 19th of September Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mts., Bulgaria

Sample size: 4.1 x 2.5 x 3.2 cm

Sphalerite with minor quartz and arsenopyrite

Origin: Stari Trg Mine, Trepca Complex, Trepca Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosova, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro

Sample size: 6.5 x 3 x 3.7 cm

Fluorite on sphalerite with quartz

Origin: Probably from the Deardorff Mine? Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin Co., Illinois, U.S.A.

Ex. Gene Tribbey collection

Sample size: 8.4 x 5.3 x 3 cm

Sphalerite with fluorite, minor calcite and quartz

Sphalerite on quartz

Origin: Deardorff Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin Co., Illinois, U.S.A.

Ex. Gene Tribbey collection

Sample size: 6 x 7.7 x 3.4 cm (top), 5.8 x 7.2 x 3.1 cm (bottom)

Sphalerite with minor ankerite and galena

Origin: Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Cumbria, England

Sample size: 5.3 x 4 x 1.5 cm

Origin: Pine Point Mines, Pine Point, Northwest Territories, Canada

Sample size: 4.7 x 3.4 x 5.5 cm

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

Sample size: 3.8 x 3.9 x 1.2 cm

Origin: Eagle Mine, Gilman, Gilman District, Eagle Co., Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 3 cm

Brilliant red sphalerite on chert matrix

Origin: Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri, U.S.A.

Sample size: 9 x 6 x 5.5 cm

Origin: Second Sun Vein, Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Cumbria, England

Sample size: 5 x 5 x 2.5 cm

Sphalerite with fluorite

Origin: Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico

Sample size: 5.5 x 6.8 x 3.3 cm

Sphalerite with quartz and galena

Origin: 19th of September Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mts, Bulgaria

Sample size: 12.7 x 7.5 x 5.6 cm

Origin: Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm

Origin: Swalley Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 8.5 x 6 x 5.2 cm

Sphalerite with chalcopyrite on chert matrix

Origin: Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4.5 x 5.8 x 2.2 cm

Sphalerite with marcasite and chalcopyrite

Origin: Swalley Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State district, Cherokee Co., Kansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 11.3 x 7.1 x 6.6 cm

Sphalerite with chalcopyrite and gypsum

Origin: Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4.8 x 4.8 x 5.2 cm

Origin: Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Middle Tennessee District, Smith Co., Tennessee, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6.5 x 4.8 x 4.7 cm

Sphalerite and fluorite on dolomite

Sphalerite with fluorite

Sphalerite on dolomite

Sphalerite with calcite

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

Sample size: 7.5 x 5.5 x 2.2 cm (top), 3.4 x 4 x 2 cm (2nd row), 8 x 5.8 x 4.2 cm (3rd row), 8.4 x 6.8 x 4.7 cm (bottom)

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

Sample size: 30 x 25 x 22 mm

Sphalerite with siderite and quartz

Origin: Patch Mine (Glory Hole Mine), Central City District, Gilpin Co., Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7.8 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm

Sphalerite with chalcopyrite and fluorite

Origin: Denton mine, Goose Creek Mine Group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6 x 3.7 x 4.2 cm

Sphalerite on limestone matrix

Origin: Berry Materials Corp. Quarry (North Vernon Plant), North Vernon, Jennings Co., Indiana, USA

Sample size: 6 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm

Origin: Cessford Quarry, Biggsville, Henderson Co., Illinois, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4 x 4 x 5.5 cm

Sphalerite with calcite and fluorite

Origin: Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin Co., Illinois, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7.2 x 5.6 x 3.7 cm

Origin: Cessford Quarry, Biggsville, Henderson Co., Illinois, U.S.A.

Sample size: 3 x 4 x 1.5 cm

Sphalerite with ankerite

Origin: Eagle Mine, Gilman, Gilman District (Battle Mountain District; Red Cliff District), Eagle Co., Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 8.6 x 5.5 x 3.3 cm (top), 7 x 6.2 x 4.5 cm (bottom)

Sphalerite with calcite and quartz

Origin: Trepèa complex, Trepèa valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro

Sample size: 6 x 4 x 2.8 cm

Sphalerite on quartz

Origin: Cusco, Peru

Sample size: 11 x 8 x 4.3 cm

Origin: Black Cloud Mine, Iowa Gulch, Leadville, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2 x 3.9 x 0.8 cm

Barite pseudomorph after alstonite on sphalerite matrix

Origin: Lower Flat, Admiralty Flats, 2nd Sun Vein, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Nent Valley, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, Cumbria (Cumberland), England, UK

Sample size: 4.8 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm

Sphalerite on quartz matrix

Origin: OH Vein, Creede district, Mineral Co., Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5.8 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm

Sphalerite with dolomite and chalcopyrite

Origin: Ballard mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 11.5 x 7 x 8.3 cm

Origin: Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Middle Tennessee District, Smith Co., Tennessee, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 4 cm

Sphalerite on quartz

Origin: 19th of September Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mts, Bulgaria

Sample size: 4 x 3 x 6.3 cm

Sphalerite with calcite

Origin: Berry Materials Corp. Quarry (North Vernon Plant), North Vernon, Jennings Co., Indiana, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7 x 3.6 x 4 cm

Sphalerite with galena on quartz

Origin: 19th of September Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mts, Bulgaria

Sample size: 4.9 x 1.7 x 4.5 cm

Origin: Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 8.4 x 4.5 x 5.2 cm

Sphalerite with calcite

Origin: Level 3, Manto Calavera, Remedios Mine, Taxco de Alarcón (Taxco; Tasco), Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico

Sample size: 5.3 x 4.6 x 5.2 cm

Origin: Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, Cumbria (Cumberland), England

Sample size: 15.5 x 10 x 4.5 cm

Origin: Swalley Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6 x 3 x 4.5 cm

Origin: Black Cloud Mine, Iowa Gulch, Leadville, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 23 x 18 x 28 mm

Sphalerite on dolomite

Origin: Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Middle Tennessee District, Smith Co., Tennessee, U.S.A.

Sample size: 9.3 x 4.3 x 4.3 cm

Sphalerite with chalcopyrite on dolomite

Origin: Tri-State District, Missouri-Oklahoma-Kansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4.8 x 4.5 x 7.8 cm (top), 3.7 x 3.5 x 5.2 cm (bottom)

Sphalerite with galena and calcite

Origin: Eagle Picher Mine, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico

Sample size: 7.3 x 3 x 5.2 cm

Origin: Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

Sample size: 5.8 x 4.2 x 5.5 cm (top), 6.5 x 3.5 x 3.7 cm (bottom)

Sphalerite on galena

Origin: Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7.4 x 6.4 x 4.3 cm

Sphalerite with quartz

Origin: Shizhuyuan Mine, Chenzhou, Chenzhou area, Hunan, Central South Region, China

Sample size: 4 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm

Sphalerite with minor fluorite near the bottom

Origin: Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6.4 x 7 x 2.7 cm

Sphalerite with chalcopyrite and quartz

Origin: Groundhog Mine, Vanadium, Central District, Grant Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6.2 x 5.5 x 7.2 cm

Origin: Cessford Quarry, Biggsville, Henderson Co., Illinois, U.S.A.

Sample size: 23 mm wide (top left), 4.3 cm wide (top middle), 23 mm wide (top right), 25 mm wide (2nd row left), 27 mm tall (2nd row middle), 34 mm wide (2nd row right), 19 mm wide (3rd row left), 17 mm tall (3rd row middle), 18 mm wide (3rd row right), 18 mm wide (4th row left), 23 mm wide (4th row middle), 14 mm tall (4th row right), 22 mm tall (5th row left), 15 mm wide (5th row middle), 22 mm wide (5th row right), 17 mm wide (bottom left), 6.6 cm wide (bottom middle), 7 x 8 cm (bottom right)

Origin: Big Four Mine, Dillon, Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 25 mm wide

Sphalerite with galena

Origin: Tri-State district, Missouri/Oklahoma/Kansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4.7 cm wide

Sphalerite with siderite

Origin: Eagle Mine, Gilman, Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5.4 cm tall

Sphalerite with galena and quartz

Origin: Kangjiawan Pb-Zn-Ag-Au deposit, Shuikoushan district, Changning, Hengyang area, Hunan, Central South Region, China

Sample size: 8 x 7.2 x 4.8 cm (top), 6.4 x 4.6 x 3.8 cm (2nd row), 10.5 x 7 x 3.3 cm (bottom)

Sphalerite with galena

Origin: Gunnison, Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 9.5 x 6 x 5.6 cm

Sphalerite with chalcopyrite on chert

Origin: Mid Continent Mine, Treece, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6.5 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm

Calcite on sphalerite with galena and pyrite

Origin: Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico

Sample size: 9 x 7.5 x 4.6 cm

Origin: Ballard mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5.8 x 5.3 x 3.9 cm

Sphalerite with chalcopyrite

Origin: Denton mine, Goose Creek Mine Group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7.3 x 4.5 x 6 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

Fluorite on sphalerite with minor barite (strontium rich)

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

Ex. Dan Balan collection

Sample size: 14 x 8.5 x 7 cm

Sphalerite on matrix associated with quartz and galena

Origin: Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Krai, Russia

Ex. Isaias Casanova collection (IC Minerals)

Sample size: 9.5 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm

Sphalerite with fluorite

Origin: Minerva #1 Mine, Hardin County, Illinois, U.S.A.

Ex. Kevin Conroy collection

Sample size: 8 x 4.7 x 4.7 cm

Origin: Flambrough Quarry, Dundas, Ontario, Canada

Ex. Isaias Casanova collection

Sample size: 5 x 5 x 2 cm

Sphalerite on quartz

Origin: Madan mines, Rodope Mts., Bulgaria

Ex. Giorgio Spiga collection

Sample size: 6 x 4 x 3 cm

Sphalerite with quartz, galena and pyrite

Origin: Ucchucchaqua, Peru

Ex. Alessandro Genazzani collection

Sample size: 15 x 5.5 x 4 cm

Sphalerite with galena, chalcopyrite and calcite

Origin: Second Sovietsky Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia

Ex. Mark Wrigley collection

Sample size: 8.1 x 8 x 4.8 cm

Sphalerite coated with unknown sulfide giving it an iridescent rose/golden colour on quartz matrix

Origin: Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan Oblast, Kazakhstan

Ex. Mark Wrigley collection

Sample size: 9 x 6 x 2.8 cm

Sphalerite, some twinned, on quartz

Origin: 19th of September Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mts., Bulgaria

Ex. Ed Rosenzweig collection

Sample size: 7.8 x 5.8 x 4.2 cm

Sphalerite with muscovite and apatite on a matrix of mostly arsenopyrite

Origin: Panasqueira, Beira Baixa, Portugal

Sample size: 6.5 x 4.3 x 3 cm

Fluorite and barite on sphalerite

Origin: Elmwood Mine, Carthedge, Smith County, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Sample size: 14 x 8.5 x 7 cm

Origin: Flambrough Quarry, Dundas, Ontario, Canada

Ex. Isaias Casanova collection

Sample size: 3 x 2 x1.7 cm

Origin: Mid-Continent Mine, Baxter Springs, Kansas, U.S.A.

Ex. Rick Green collection

Sample size: 15 x 11 x 2.5 cm

Sphalerite with barite and galena

Origin: Atacocha District, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco Department, Peru

Ex. Brian Scholten collection

Sample size: 8.5 x 5.0 x 4.4 cm

Sphalerite on quartz matrix

Origin: 19th of September Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mts., Bulgaria

Ex. Ed Rosenzweig collection

Sample size: 5.9 x 4.9 x 3.4 cm

Sphalerite with chalcopyrite and calcite

Origin: Denton Mine, Hardin County, Illinois, U.S.A.

Ex. Kevin Conroy collection

Sample size: 5.7 x 4 x 2 cm

Sphalerite on chert

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

Ex. Keith Hayes collection

Sample size: 28.3 x 24.8 x 5.8 cm

Sphalerite with galena and quartz

Origin: Shuikoushan, Changning, Hunan, China

Ex. Ed Rosenzweig collection

Sample size: 6.1 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm

Photo courtesy of:

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

Very nice symplectitic intergrowth of darkbrown sphalerite and clevelandite also known as "Dendritische Zinkblende".

Origin: Hagendorf-Süd, Bavaria, Germany

Sample size: 2.5 x 3 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

Origin: Old Haggs Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England

Sample size: 8.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm

Origin: Mid Continent Mine, Treece, Kansas, United States

Ex. DeVito collection

Sample size: 4 x 3 x 2 cm

Variety schalenblende

Origin: Moresnet, Belgium

Sample size: 3.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm

Origin: Abbeytown Quarry, Ballsadare, Co. Sligo, Ireland

Sample size: 5.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals