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Sphalerite with galena, quartz variety amethyst, and minor hematite
Raines, Ed Mines Museum of Earth Science
Raines, Ed
Mines Museum of Earth Science
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2017
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Mineral specimen is from the Commodore mine, Amethyst vein system, Creede mining district, Colorado. Some of the sphalerite exhibits twinning according to the spinel law, some of which has a polysynthetic habit. The galena crystals are, at least in part, skeletal with a stairstep arrangement of the cubic form.
For more information about the Minerals of Creede, Colorado and the collection, see: http://libguides.mines.edu/GeologyMuseum/digitalcollectionsCreede.
For more information about the Minerals of Creede, Colorado and the collection, see: http://libguides.mines.edu/GeologyMuseum/digitalcollectionsCreede.
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