AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Oklahoma > Sphalerite with Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 47046 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite with Calcite |
Locality: | Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, Picher, Ottawa County, Oklahoma |
Description: | Complex lustrous black sphalerite crystals to 17 mm on gray chert with an 8 mm transparent yellow calcite crystal under the left edge of the sphalerite crystals. The sphalerite crystals are twinned following the Spinel-law on the {111} plane. |
Overall Size: | 7x6x4 cm |
Crystals: | 1-17 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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