| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned) |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 43835 |
| Mineral: | Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned) |
| Locality: | Commodore Mine, Creede District, Mineral County, Colorado |
| Description: | Translucent lustrous dark-yellow sphalerite crystals that are twinned following the Spinel law of twinning on the {111} plane. Most of the crystals are complete and undamaged, but a few around the periphery show cleavage faces. |
| Overall Size: | 8x5x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 3-15 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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