| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Sphalerite |
| Formula: | ZnS |
| Comments: | The lustrous black spalerite is high in iron. |
| Habit: | Modified and twinned tetrahedra to several cm |
| Colour: | black |
| Luminescent properties: | none |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Calcite | 245 |
| - var Manganese-bearing Calcite | 4 |
| Pyrite | 167 |
| Quartz | 117 |
| Rhodochrosite | 79 |
| Arsenopyrite | 79 |
| Galena | 67 |
| Pyrrhotite | 58 |
| Dolomite | 46 |
| Siderite | 34 |
| Bournonite | 25 |
| Chalcopyrite | 23 |
| Boulangerite | 19 |
| Plumosite | 5 |
| Sphalerite | 4 |
| - var Marmatite | 4 |
| Marcasite | 4 |
| Aragonite | 4 |
| Baryte | 3 |
| Vivianite | 2 |
| Gypsum | 2 |
| Coronadite | 1 |
| Ankerite-Kutnohorite Series | 1 |
| Tetrahedrite Subgroup | 1 |
| Childrenite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sphalerite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Trepça Mine, Trepça complex, Mitrovica, Mitrovica District, Kosovo |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (114 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 40241 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:40241:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite |
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| 3.6km (2.2 miles) | ⓘMelenica Listvenite, Mitrovica, Mitrovica District, Kosovo |
| 24.2km (15.0 miles) | ⓘCrnac (Cërnac) Mine, Leposavić, Mitrovica District, Kosovo |
| 32.9km (20.5 miles) | ⓘBelo Brdo Mine, Leposavić, Mitrovica District, Kosovo |
| 34.3km (21.3 miles) | ⓘDraznja deposit (Drazhnje; Cuka e Batlavë), Podujevo, Pristina District, Kosovo |
| 42.2km (26.2 miles) | ⓘAjvalia Mine (Hajvalija Mine; Hajvali Mine), Pristina (Prishtina; Priština), Pristina District, Kosovo |
| 42.8km (26.6 miles) | ⓘDjavolja Varos, Kursumlija, Toplica District, Central Serbia, Serbia |
| 42.9km (26.6 miles) | ⓘKizevak deposit, Raška, Raška District, Central Serbia, Serbia |
| 42.9km (26.6 miles) | ⓘGlavika Laterite Mine, Glavika, Shtime, Ferizaj District, Kosovo |
| 43.7km (27.1 miles) | ⓘBadovc Mine, Badoc, Graçanica, Pristina District, Kosovo |
| 44.2km (27.4 miles) | ⓘJanjevo deposit, Gračanica (Graçanicë), Graçanica, Pristina District, Kosovo |
| References |
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Kołodziejczyk, Joana, Pršek, Jaroslav, Qela, Halil (2012) Mineralogical Diversity in Orebodies Within Xth Horizon at Stan Terg Mine, Kosovo, in Konference Jubilare “90 vjet Gjeologji Shqiptare” Tirane, Shqiperi, 26-28 Tetor 2012. Buletini i Shkencave Gjeologjike, 31 (48). 84-87 Kołodziejczyk, Joanna, Pršek, Jaroslav, Voudouris, Panagiotis, Melfos, Vasilios, Asllani, Burim (2016) Sn-Bearing Minerals and Associated Sphalerite from Lead-Zinc Deposits, Kosovo: An Electron Microprobe and LA-ICP-MS Study. Minerals, 6 (2). 42pp. doi:10.3390/min6020042 |
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Trepça Mine, Trepça complex, Mitrovica, Mitrovica District, Kosovo