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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 77252 |
| Mineral: | Sphalerite |
| Locality: | Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, near Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent-to-translucent deep red-brown sphalerite crystals lining a concave shallow cavity in a crystallized mass of sphalerite. The sphalerite crystals have a conical appearance and have highly lustrous faces. An excellent historic specimen. Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, (see Final Disposition Of Some American Collections Of Minerals, Frederick A. Canfield, 1923), bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School |
| Overall Size: | 9x8x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 2-12 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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