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Description: Sphalerite Locality: Idarado Mine, Telluride, Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), San Miguel County, Colorado, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 2.3 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm. A very good representative Sphalerite from the Replacement Ore Body of the Idarado mine. The crystals show very sharp, tetrahedral form (with minor modifications) with a lustrous jet black appearance. There is some minor associated Chalcopyrite on around the edges of the specimen as well. Ex. Jaime Bird Collection.
Title: Sphalerite-221270
Credit: http://www.mindat.org/photo-221270.html
Author: Rob Lavinsky / iRocks.com
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