AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Jersey > Sphalerite on Stilbite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 78388 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite on Stilbite |
Locality: | Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey |
Description: | Lustrous transparent-to-opaque brown sphalerite crystals to 1.1 mm on colorless translucent bladed stilbite crystals to 6 mm in tapered aggregates of subparallel crystals. Sphalerite, a zinc sulfide mineral, is rare at Millington and highly sought. Collected 26 February 1995 |
Overall Size: | 10x7x6 mm |
Crystals: | micro to 6 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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