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  2. Sphalerite - Wikipedia

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    Sphalerite is an important ore of zinc; around 95% of all primary zinc is extracted from sphalerite ore. [42] However, due to its variable trace element content, sphalerite is also an important source of several other metals such as cadmium, [ 43 ] gallium, [ 44 ] germanium, [ 45 ] and indium [ 46 ] which replace zinc.

  3. File:Sphalerite (mine near Carthage, Tennessee, USA) 1 ...

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    Zinc produced from sphalerite is used for many purposes, including mixing with copper to produce brass, rust protection of iron & steel, and for making modern American pennies (although the cost of making each zinc penny is >1¢). The crystalline sphalerite specimen shown above is from the well-known Central Tennessee Zinc District (a.k.a ...

  4. File:Galena-Sphalerite-Marcasite-46789.jpg - Wikipedia

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    English: Galena, Sphalerite, Marcasite Locality: Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Cubes of galena to 1.5 cm on a matrix of sphalerite, with a ball of sparkly marcasite in one place. A classic Viburnum Trend combination - from the collection of Ed Ruggiero. 9.6 x 6.2 x 5.7cm

  5. File : Sphalerite - Creede, Mineral County, Colorado, USA.jpg

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    English: Black tetrahedral crystals of sphalerite up to 8 mm in size across this matrix (4.5 × 3.0 × 2.0 cm) with chalcopyrite and calcite. Found from Creede, Mineral County, Colorado, USA. Found from Creede, Mineral County, Colorado, USA.

  6. Hawleyite - Wikipedia

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    Chemically, it is cadmium sulfide, and occurs as a bright yellow coating on sphalerite or siderite in vugs, deposited by meteoric water. [ 4 ] It was discovered in 1955 in the Hector-Calumet mine, Keno-Galena Hill area, Yukon Territory and named in honour of mineralogist James Edwin Hawley (1897–1965), a professor at Queen's University in ...

  7. Talk:Sphalerite - Wikipedia

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    The zinc in sphalerite is also used to produce brass. This sample was extracted in Creede, Colorado, and features black tetrahedral crystals of sphalerite up to 8 mm (0.31 in) in size, with minor chalcopyrite and calcite, in a 4.5 cm × 3.0 cm × 2.0 cm (1.77 in × 1.18 in × 0.79 in) matrix.

  8. File:Sphalerite - Iron Cap mine, Graham, Arizona, USA.jpg

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    The Albanian Wikipedia (Albanian: Wikipedia Shqip) is the Albanian language edition of Wikipedia started on 12 October 2003. As of 18 December 2024, the Wikipedia has 101,044 articles and is the 73rd-largest Wikipedia. [1]