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Sphalerite, Ophir Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah

Sawn slab of zinc ore consisting of sphalerite, galena, and other unidentified minerals, from the Ophir Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah. ...

Multi-Colored Sphalerite, Balmat No. 4 Mine, Balmat, New York

Featured here are two specimens consisting of sphalerite/zinc ore from the ZCA Mine No. 4 (now called the Empire State No. 4 Mine),...

Multi-Colored Sphalerite, Balmat No. 4 Mine, Balmat, New York

Large, triangular-shaped piece of metallic grey colored sphalerite/zinc ore with brassy grains of an unidentified sulfide mineral (pyrite...

Hydrozincite, Sphalerite from Green Monster Mine, Nevada

One of the many specimens collected in the Green Monster Mine, Sandy Valley, Nevada, in early January 2022. The blue-white fluorescent is...

Calcite and Sphalerite - Huanzala Mine, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru

This is a multi-color longwave fluorescent rock from the Huanzala Mine, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru. The specimen has red-orange...

Uncommon Fluorescent Calcite from the Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Tennessee

Every so often, a common location will produce a very uncommon specimen. The Elmwood mine, a zinc mine located in Carthage, Tennessee,...

Sphalerite and Fluorite Make for a Beautiful 2-Color Rock from the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado

To mineral collectors, the Sweet Home Mine in Alma, Colorado is best known as a producer of some of the finest rhodochrosite specimens in...

Willemite and Sphalerite, Miller Canyon, Arizona

This lovely 2-color fluorescent specimen contains willemite and sphalerite, and is from the Nelly James Mine (also known as Miller...

Schalenblende, Pomorzany Mine, Olkusz, Poland

Schalenblende is an interesting rock composed of concentric layers of fine grained sphalerite, typically included with intergrown...

Sphalerite, Chlorophane, Apatite and Willemite from Franklin, New Jersey

This is a spectacular 4-color, mixed mineral, fluorescent specimen from the Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey. This rock contains...

Sphalerite - Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona

Gray masses of sphalerite crystals with a bright orange-yellow LW response. Lit by a pair of 365nm flashlights. Specimen is 82 x 58 x 54mm

Sphalerite and Fluorite, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado

To mineral collectors, the Sweet Home Mine in Alma, Colorado is best known as a producer of some of the finest rhodochrosite specimens in...

Horn Silver Sphalerite, it has it all!

Horn Silver Sphalerite is one of our favorite materials. Fluorescent in all wavelengths with an amazing array of colors, phosphorescent,...

Sphalerite, Willemite, and Franklinite, Sterling Hill Mine, NJ

Sphalerite is a stunning material, and apparently quite varied in its manifestations. This Sterling Hill Mine specimen is a rather large...

Sphalerite from the Horn Silver Mine, Frisco, Utah

The Horn Silver mine is located in the town of Frisco, Beaver County, Utah, and during its heyday in the late 1870s, was one of the...

Sphalerite and Hydrozincite, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah

This triangular-shaped piece of waste rock was surface collected from a tailings pile at the Maxfield mine, in Big Cottonwood Canyon,...

Sphalerite, Microcline; Taylor Road, Franklin, NJ

Sphalerite and microcline from the Taylor Road site in Franklin, New Jersey is quite beautiful stuff. There may even be a smidge of...

Davis Shaft, Columbia Mine, Marion, KY

Collected in October 2016 during a visit with Mark and John in the late afternoon. In just a few minutes I learned some very valuable...

Chlorophane, Sphalerite, Fluorapatite, Willemite from Franklin, New Jersey

This is a beautiful 4-color, mixed mineral, fluorescent specimen from the Franklin Mine, Franklin, New Jersey. The primary component is...

Yellow Zincite, Willemite, Calcite, Sphalerite - Sterling Hill NJ

Yellow zincite strongly fluorescent under longwave 365nm, with willemite and calcite. The blue fluorescence is strongly phosphorescent. ...