| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Illinois > Sphalerite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 78183 |
| Mineral: | Sphalerite |
| Locality: | Black Jack Mine, Galena District, Jo Davies County, Illinois |
| Description: | Large cluster of lustrous transparent-to-translucent yellow-brown sphalerite crystals on one face of dolomite-rich matrix. The color and translucency of the sphalerite is typical of the variety commonly labeled as Cleiophane. Collected in 1993 by Gary J. Burke |
| Overall Size: | 8x5.5x5 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 4 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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