| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Russia > Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned crystals) |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 36476 |
| Mineral: | Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned crystals) |
| Locality: | Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia |
| Description: | Brilliantly lustrous black sphalerite crystals with a few translucent colorless calcite crystals on one end. The sphalerite crystals exhibit Spinel-law twinning. The twin plane is evident by the shallow V-shaped reentrant crystal faces. |
| Overall Size: | 7x6x5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-15 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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