Sphalerite
specimen number:
2013418
location:
Berry Materials Corp. Quarry, North Vernon, Indiana, USA
description: The Berry Materials Quarry near North Vernon in Jennings County, Indiana, is a limestone quarry that has become a popular collecting site for mineral enthusiasts. The quarry exposes Silurian age carbonate rocks that contain cavities and vugs where minerals have formed. Collectors have found specimens such as calcite, fluorite, sphalerite, and other minerals in these openings. The locality is valued for accessible collecting and the occurrence of well formed crystals within the limestone host rock.
A superb example for the species coming from this long closed and important Indiana locality. Aesthetically arranged, a grouping of sphalerite crystals 2.5 cm in size are set perfectly up on matrix. Collected by Dave Rush pre-1989, in excellent condition.
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