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Sphalerite

#PD30637
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Sphalerite from W. Fork Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, United States - PD30637
Sphalerite from W. Fork Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, United States - PD30637

Sphalerite

#PD30637
Availability
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Size
8.5 x 5 x 6 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
ZnS (RRUFF)
Locality
W. Fork Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, United States
Tagged
Ore Minerals

Dark lustrous brown Sphalerite crystals to 3mm totally covering lumpy colloform growths of brassy Pyrite. Neat specimen!
The W. Fork Mine is located in the SE lead-district in Missouri and is also a Mississippi Valley Type deposit in the Viburnum Trend. According to a paper on the W. Fork Mine the presence of rapidly deposited, collorform ZnS and FeS is an indicator that the ore fluids which deposited the sulfides in the central zone were more saturated with respect to metal sulfides (email us for link to abstract if interested).

Sphalerite

Formula
ZnS 
Crystal System
Isometric 
Crystal Habit
Euhedral Crystals, Granular, Colloform 
Cleavage
Perfect, Perfect, Perfect 
Luster
Resinous - Greasy 
Color
brown, yellow, red, green, black 
Streak
brownish white 
Class
Isometric - Hextetrahedral 
Fracture
Uneven 
Hardness
3.5-4 

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

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