| Name: | Sphalerite Sp |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #44: Sphalerite / Galena Kruschev Dol Mine, Madan Ore Field , Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria  #225: Sphalerite on Quartz Animon Mine, Peru  #224: Sphalerite Missouri, USA  #214: Quartz, Galena, Sphalerite, Cerrusite/Anglesite, Chalcopyrite Bulgaria  #712: Galena / Gypsum / Sphalerite Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, United Kingdom  #780: Sphalerite / Quartz var. Amethyst / Galena Commodore Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA  #826: Sphalerite Commodore Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA  #825: Sphalerite / Quartz var. Amethyst Commodore Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA  #869: Sphalerite Tri-State, Joplin, Missouri, USA  #991: Calcite / Sphalerite Cumberland Mine, Drift 16-5-3, Smith County, Tennessee, USA  #1182: Sphalerite / Calcite Dundas Quarry, Ontario, Canada  #1184: Sphalerite (Iridescent) Dundas Quarry, Ontario, Canada  #1183: Sphalerite / Calcite Dundas Quarry, Ontario, Canada  #1268: Boulangerite / Pyrite / Sphalerite Trepca, Kosovo  #819: Quartz / Sphalerite / Pyrite Jiangxi, China  #1503: Calcite / Quartz / Sphalerite 3970' Level, Empire State Zinc Mine #4, Balmat, New York, USA |
| IMA Chemistry: | ZnS |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Sphalerite contains elements: Zinc (Zn) Sulfur (S) |
| Country of Type Locality: | unknown |
| Year First Published: | 1847 |
| IMA Status: | Approved |
| Status Notes: | Glocker E F (1847) Ordo IV. Cinnabaritae. IV. Cinnabaritae sphaleritoidei. 12. Sphalerites, in Generum et Specierum Mineralium, Secundum Ordines Naturales Digestorum Synopsis, Apud Eduardum Anton 13-18 |
| Structural Group Name: | Sphalerite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | sphalerite |
| Crystal Systems: | cubic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 4620 Million Years Ago |
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