Sphalerite
specimen number:
8603779
location:
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Oklahoma, USA
description:
Brilliant red translucent lustrous crystals of what they called Ruby Jack sphalerite to 0.5 cm in size across this matrix with larger black crystals to 2.0 cm. Some cleaving present as seen. With slight magnification these crystals are very pretty.
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