A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Sphalerite from Ducktown, Tennessee |
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| Description | Sphalerite, (Zn,Fe)S (zinc iron sulfide), is an important ore of zinc. It has a number of common appearances; the dark brown lustrous sample shown here is one of them. This specimen is 10 cm across. It comes from the mining district, Ducktown, in southeastern Tennessee. |
| Location | USA ▹ Tennessee. Near Ducktown. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-03. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection. |
| Key words | sphalerite, Tennessee |
| Tech details | 894 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1020 |
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