AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Missouri > Sphalerite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 70962 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite |
Locality: | Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri |
Description: | Lustrous brown-black sphalerite crystals covering all sides of an oblong knob of gray matrix. The sphalerite crystals are tetrahedral form with complex crystallization patterns on the crystal faces. Collected ca. 1945 |
Overall Size: | 6.5x5x4 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 13 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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