AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Kansas > Sphalerite on Galena |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 57072 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite on Galena |
Locality: | Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Treece, Cherokee County, Kansas |
Description: | Cubic gray-metallic galena crystals to 18 mm with lustrous transparent red-brown sphalerite crystals to 1 mm on the surfaces. The sphalerite crystals look beautiful when viewed under magnification. Ex. Thomas A. Penney (1934-2019) collection #415 |
Overall Size: | 4.5x3.5x3 cm |
Crystals: | 0.2-18.0 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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