AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New York > Sphalerite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 48416 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite |
Locality: | Redlands Quarry, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York |
Description: | Transparent red-brown sphalerite on limestone matrix with radiating crystallization patterns on the surfaces. Sphalerite is an uncommon mineral in the dolomite-dolostone quarries of northern New York State and prized by local mineral collectors. |
Overall Size: | 25x13x12 mm |
Crystals: | 5-13 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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