AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Kosovo > Sphalerite (Spinel Law twinned crystals) with Quartz and Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 78474 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite (Spinel Law twinned crystals) with Quartz and Calcite |
Locality: | Stantėrg Mine, Trepca District, 7.5 km northeast of Kosozska Mitrovica, Kosovo |
Description: | Highly lustrous black sphalerite crystals to 12 mm with translucent white quartz crystals to 5 mm and rosettes to 2 mm of translucent white calcite crystals. The sphalerite crystals are twinned on the {111} plane following the Spinel Law of twinning. Collected in 2018 |
Overall Size: | 5.5x3x2 cm |
Crystals: | 0.5-12.0 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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