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sphalerite


sphalerite
Sphalerite
Credit: Mineral Information Institute
Also known as zinc blende, the low-temperature (β) form of zinc sulfide (ZnS); the chief ore of zinc, occurring worldwide with galena. Sphalerite forms lustrous crystals of the isomeric system, white when pure, but usually brown to black with iron impurity.


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