Sphalerite - Mineral specimens search results

Mineral specimens search results

(para ver esta página en español)

Mineral specimens search results for [ Sphalerite ]

Sphalerite crystals, on matrix, extraordinarily bright, twinned and sharp, of a deep black color and more isolated than usual for the locality of origin of the specimen. Accompanied by crystalline masses of Calcite, in strong color contrast, this piece is very representative for the deposit, in addition to having a considerable size. Smallcleugh is a classic mine of the North Pennines Orefield, a major hydrothermal vein district with lead–zinc mineralization, well known for Galena and Sphalerite specimens, associated with Calcite, Ankerite and, more rarely, Quartz.
Smallcleugh Mine, Blacklocks crosscut, Nenthead mines area, Alston Moor mining district, Nenthead, Eden, North Pennines Orefield, former Cumberland, Cumbria England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 12.2 × 7.2 × 7.0 cm = 4.80” × 2.83” × 2.76”

EFG97AP3: Sphalerite with Calcite

New at Ste. Marie 2022 Twinned Sphalerite crystals, more isolated than usual, sharp and with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, lustrous and very intense reddish, on matrix, with small white Calcite crystals.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China (12/2021)
Specimen size: 6.1 × 3 × 3.2 cm = 2.40” × 1.18” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 0.71” × 0.51”

EQR28CD3: Sphalerite with Calcite

These were new at Sainte Marie 2022. Twinned Sphalerite crystals, more isolated than usual, sharp and with very well-defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, lustrous and intense red with yellow tones. On matrix, with small white Calcite crystals and they somewhat resemble those from Áliva in color, although their crystallography is different. Extremely perfect without the slightest damage or abrasion. It was an occasional discovery from which nothing further has been heard, and no specimens like these are seen anymore.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China
Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.5 × 4 cm = 2.99” × 2.17” × 1.57”

EP88AE5: Sphalerite with Calcite

Aggregate of very sharp Sphalerite (marmatite variety) crystals with a very well defined spinel law twinning. They have an intense black color and are very bright and partially coated by Calcite.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2014)
Specimen size: 13.2 × 12.4 × 4.8 cm = 5.20” × 4.88” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.38” × 0.91”

TM99AM7: Sphalerite with Calcite

Druse of complex Sphalerite crystals with sharp crystal forms, transparent, with good luster and an intense color, on matrix, accompanied by small partially dissolved Calcite crystals. A classic of Spanish mineralogy.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Picos de Europa massif, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 11.8 × 9.8 × 3.8 cm = 4.65” × 3.86” × 1.50”

EBR50AP3: Sphalerite with Calcite

New at Ste. Marie 2022 Twinned Sphalerite crystals, more isolated than usual, sharp and with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, lustrous and very intense reddish, on matrix, with small white Calcite crystals.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China (12/2021)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.7 × 4.4 cm = 3.31” × 2.64” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.94”

ELY98AO9: Sphalerite with Calcite

A novelty at Sainte Marie 2022 Group of sharp twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, lustrous, and an intense reddish orange. On matrix, with small white Calcite crystals.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China (12/2021)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.1 × 3.4 cm = 2.05” × 1.61” × 1.34”

EJK89AO9: Sphalerite with Calcite

A novelty at Sainte Marie 2022 Outstanding twinned Sphalerite crystals, more isolated than usual, with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, shiny, with an intense reddish color. On matrix, with small white Calcite crystals.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China (12/2021)
Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.8 × 5.2 cm = 2.68” × 2.28” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.94”

TVX89AP9: Sphalerite with Calcite

Group of Sphalerite crystals, translucent, with good luster and a color between yellow and green. We highlight, apart from the color, which is very rare in Las Mánforas, the excellent definition of the crystal forms. This specimen comes from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we will send to the buyer. A great Spanish classic!
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Picos de Europa massif, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.2 × 3 cm = 2.28” × 2.05” × 1.18”

EC49AK7: Sphalerite with Calcite

Group of complex twinned crystals of Sphalerite, translucent, intense yellow, on white Calcite matrix. A very aesthetic specimen and with the Sphalerite being quite large for the locality.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2016)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.1 × 4.4 cm = 2.28” × 2.01” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 1.34” × 1.02”

TX50AD2: Sphalerite with Calcite

Aggregate of translucent and bright crystals with very well defined forms and polycrystalline growths. They have a very uniform honey color and are on a small matrix, with microcrystalline Calcite. The sample is from a classic Canadian locality where it’s currently difficult to obtain samples of such quality.
From the John D. Elliot collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Flamboro Quarry, West Flamborough Township, Hamilton, Ontario Canada (16/03/2012)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.8 × 4.1 cm = 2.44” × 1.89” × 1.61”

JVM50AP8: Sphalerite with Calcite

Group of Sphalerite crystals with sharp crystal forms, ranging from translucent to transparent, with good luster and a very unusual green coloration for specimens from this locality. It comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously part of the collection of Carlos Prieto Paramio.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), level 2, Áliva mining area, Picos de Europa massif, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (±2012)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.1 × 1.9 cm = 1.65” × 1.22” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.71”

EPD94CD3: Sphalerite with Calcite

These were new at Ste. Marie 2022. Twinned Sphalerite crystals, more isolated than usual, sharp and with very well-defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, lustrous and intense red with yellow tones. On matrix, with small white Calcite crystals and they somewhat resemble those from Áliva in color, although their crystallography is different. Some crystals have small abrasions, but still... It was an occasional discovery from which nothing further has been heard, and no specimens like these are seen anymore.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China (12/2021)
Specimen size: 16 × 10 × 7 cm = 6.30” × 3.94” × 2.76”

AX11M4: Sphalerite with Calcite

A “nest” of very sharp and brilliant Sphalerite crystals, very rich in growth striations. The Sphalerite crystals are surrounded by white lenticular Calcite crystals. Very, very esthetic.
Second Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia (10/1997)
Specimen size: 7.4 × 7 × 4.4 cm = 2.91” × 2.76” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”

CF86AD3: Sphalerite with Calcite and Dolomite

Druse of complex Sphalerite crystals that are very rich in faces and have very well defined forms. They are translucent, very bright and have a very deep color. On a rocky matrix with small rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. An American classic.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee USA
Specimen size: 9.7 × 7.2 × 5.2 cm = 3.82” × 2.83” × 2.05”

SV190NBF: Sphalerite with Calcite and Dolomite

Polycrystalline growth of complex Sphalerite crystals with curvatures and with smooth tetrahedron faces. They are translucent, with very bright luster and an intense honey color and with the uncommon peculiarity of being accompanied by a scalenohedral Calcite crystal and rhombohedral crystals of snow-white Dolomite. A classic of Cantabrian mining from Las Mánforas, located in a spectacular setting next to the Picos de Europa National Park.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Picos de Europa massif, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain (±1991)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.89” × 1.46” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.73” × 0.83”

SM480GPD: Sphalerite with Calcite and Dolomite

Druse of large twinned Sphalerite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, on matrix, and partially covered by complex Calcite crystals and rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with curved faces and edges. The specimen comes from the Pedro Goy collection and has a higher quality than usual for this locality due to the large size of the crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo
Specimen size: 13.9 × 11.3 × 3.8 cm = 5.47” × 4.45” × 1.50”

LT70AK2: Sphalerite with Calcite and Dolomite

The specimen is a perfect aesthetic compendium of Sphalerite, with complex crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, of unusual size for the locality, with distinct polycrystalline growths and with curvatures on the faces and edge, translucent, lustrous and rich in deep and intense color tones. On matrix, with Dolomite and white rhombohedral crystals of Calcite. The specimen is from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 1075), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
La Mure area, La Mure, Matheysine-Trièves, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (±1996)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.85” × 1.81” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2 × 2 cm = 0.79” × 0.79”

RM66P8: Sphalerite with Calcite and Dolomite

Complex crystals of Sphalerite of dark honey color and good transparency, partially coated by small crystals of Dolomite and with doubly terminated crystals of Calcite (a species uncommon at this locality in well-formed crytals), with the shape of a scalenohedron but composed of polycrystalline growths of the prism and a terminal rhombohedron.
Áliva Mine (Las Mánforas Mine), Áliva mining area, Picos de Europa massif, Camaleño, Comarca Liébana, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.7 × 4.7 cm = 2.64” × 2.24” × 1.85”

ETV89AP3: Sphalerite with Calcite and Galena

New at Ste. Marie 2022 Twinned Sphalerite crystals, more isolated than usual, sharp and with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, lustrous and very intense reddish, on matrix, with small white Calcite crystals.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China (12/2021)
Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.3 × 5.8 cm = 3.43” × 2.48” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 0.79”

EXY51AP3: Sphalerite with Calcite and Galena

New at Ste. Marie 2022 Twinned Sphalerite crystals more isolated than usual, sharp and with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, lustrous, with an intense reddish color, on matrix, with small white Calcite crystals and Galena crystals with a cubic habit.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China (12/2021)
Specimen size: 11.8 × 9.7 × 4.7 cm = 4.65” × 3.82” × 1.85”

ERB71AO9: Sphalerite with Calcite and Galena

A novelty at Sainte Marie 2022 Group of outstanding twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, lustrous, and an intense reddish orange. On matrix, with cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena and white Calcite crystals.
Huxu Mine, Dongxiang, Fuzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province China (12/2021)
Specimen size: 10.2 × 8 × 3.5 cm = 4.02” × 3.15” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.9 cm = 1.18” × 0.75”

EP27AH9: Sphalerite with Calcite and Pyrite

Group of very sharp Sphalerite crystals (marmatite variety) with very well defined faces and edges, with a deep black color, extraordinarily bright and partially coated by white lenticular Calcite crystals and small aggregates of Pyrite microcrystals. A sample that is especially esthetic.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2017)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.8 × 3.7 cm = 2.83” × 2.68” × 1.46”

EC88AI4: Sphalerite with Calcite and Pyrite

Aggregate of very sharp Sphalerite (marmatite variety) crystals with very well defined spinel law twinning. They have an intense black color and are very bright and partially coated by Calcite crystals and small Pyrite crystals.
Stan Trg (Stan Terg, Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2000-2005)
Specimen size: 11.8 × 9.1 × 4.3 cm = 4.65” × 3.58” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 0.79”

TL26AN2: Sphalerite with Calcite and Quartz

Group of very sharp Sphalerite crystals with a tetrahedral habit, lustrous, on matrix, with Calcite and Quartz. We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Nikolaevski Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Far-Eastern Region Russia
Specimen size: 3 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.18” × 1.02” × 0.94”

We work with the IMA approved names for minerals. If you are not sure of the IMA name for the mineral you are looking for you can select it from the following list


US Minerals	Canada Minerals	Mexico Minerals	Spanish Minerals	Spanish Fluorite	Portugal - Panasqueira	French Minerals
Romanian Minerals	European Minerals	Russia - Eurasia Minerals	Moroccan Minerals	African Minerals	Brazilian Minerals	South American Minerals
Chinese Minerals	Asia - Australia - Turkey Minerals	Joaquim Callen's Photo Gallery	The Jan Buma Collections	The James Catmur Collections	The Carles Curto Collection	The Daunis Collection
The Folch Collection	The Pedro Goy Collection	The Oliete Collection	The Desmond Sacco Collection	The Silvane Collection	The Jordi Fabre Collection	Best Specimens
Home


Home page Minerals		Comments		Minerales.info		Feedback Form		Search