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Sphalerite with Biotite from Kara Oba (Dzhambul), Betpakdala Desert, Karaganda Oblast', Kazakhstan

 
Sphalerite with Biotite from Kara Oba (Dzhambul), Betpakdala Desert, Karaganda Oblast', Kazakhstan

Sphalerite with Biotite from Kara Oba (Dzhambul), Betpakdala Desert, Karaganda Oblast', Kazakhstan

DESCRIPTION:No. 58636
Mineral:Sphalerite with Biotite
Locality:Kara Oba (Dzhambul), Betpakdala Desert, Karaganda Oblast', Kazakhstan
Description:Lustrous translucent red-brown sphalerite crystals to 0.5 mm on light-colored matrix peppered with black biotite crystals to 2 mm. Ex. A. Stevenson (1916-2007), originally acquired in Munich in 1992
Overall Size:3.5x2x2 cm
Crystals:0.1-2.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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