A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Sphalerite in chert breccia from Joplin, Missouri |
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| Description | The orange-brown material is sphalerite, (Zn,Fe)S, (zinc iron sulfide). It is an important ore of zinc and is one of the very few minerals that has a total of six directions of cleavage. Here it is in a breccia; the white/gray pieces are made of chert. This sample is 11 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Missouri. Near Joplin. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-07-10. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #170. |
| Key words | sphalerite, chert, breccia, Missouri |
| Tech details | 632 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1081 |
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