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Sphalerite is a
sulfide mineral with the
chemical formula (Zn, Fe)S. It is the most
important ore of zinc.
Sphalerite is
found in a
variety of deposit...
- by-product
during the
processing of the ores of
other metals,
chiefly from
sphalerite and
other zinc
sulfide ores.
Indium has no
biological role and its compounds...
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occurs in near-opaque
minerals with very high
refractive indices, such as
sphalerite, cinnabar, anthracite, and cuprite.
Vitreous minerals have the lustre...
- main form of zinc
found in nature,
where it
mainly occurs as the
mineral sphalerite.
Although this
mineral is
usually black because of
various impurities...
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after Germany, his
country of birth.
Germanium is
mined primarily from
sphalerite (the
primary ore of zinc),
though germanium is also
recovered commercially...
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lubricant and an
additive to
cosmetic products. The
cubic (zincblende aka
sphalerite structure)
variety analogous to
diamond is
called c-BN; it is
softer than...
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often showing octahedral forms. It is
often ****ociated with the
minerals sphalerite,
calcite and fluorite. As a pure
specimen held in the hand,
under standard...
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structural polymorph form of
sphalerite. The iron
content is
variable up to
eight percent. It is
trimorphous with
matraite and
sphalerite. It
occurs in hydrothermal...
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hydrothermal vein deposits. It
commonly occurs with galena, tetrahedrite,
sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, stibnite, zinkenite, siderite, quartz, rhodochrosite...
- element,
typically a metal.
Examples are
cinnabar (HgS), an ore of mercury;
sphalerite (ZnS), an ore of zinc; c****iterite (SnO2), an ore of tin; and colemanite...
