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Sphalerite

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Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15 × 11 × 7 cm
Description

Brilliant and lustrous sphalerite crystals on good contrasting white calcite  matrix.
Very attractive old specimen with large complex crystals.

Ex Armin Wendland collection - acquired 1989.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0