Very rare Sphalerite-Marmatite specimen.
Specimen from Lacky Bulgaria.
size: 140x115x98mm. 2279gr.
Sphalerite is a mineral that is the chief ore of zinc. It consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form but almost always contains variable iron. When iron content is high it is an opaque black variety, Marmatite.
Miners have also been known to refer to sphalerite as zinc blende, black-jack and ruby jack.
- Nombre d’objets
- 1
- Minéral principal / Nom météorite
- Top Énorme grappe de marmatite sphalérite brillante
- Forme minérale / Type météorite
- Spécimen
- Dimensions
- 140×115×98 mm
- Poids
- 2.2 kg
- Origine (région / ville)
- Bulgarie
- Origine (pays)
- Bulgarie