AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Peru > Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned crystals) with Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 24670 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned crystals) with Calcite |
Locality: | Huaron District, Cerro de Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru |
Description: | Elongated colorless calcite crystals up to 10 mm long on matrix of lustrous, black sphalerite crystals. The sphalerite is complexly twinned following the spinel-law resulting in deep surface striations. |
Overall Size: | 4.5x3.5x2 cm |
Crystals: | 2-10 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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