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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 56312 |
| Mineral: | Sphalerite |
| Locality: | Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent dark red-brown sphalerite crystals to 5 mm, with a larger 16 mm opaque sphalerite crystal along one edge, on a thin plate covered in dark gray quartz microcrystals. |
| Overall Size: | 6x4x1.5 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 16 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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