Sphalerite from
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

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Sphalerite

D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Sphalerite, etc.

D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Sphalerite

D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Sphalerite, etc.

D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Sphalerite

D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Sphalerite, etc.

D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Classification
Locality type:	Hill
Species:	Sphalerite
Formula:	ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Graphite	7
Wurtzite	3
Alabandite	2
Germanocolusite	1
Richardsite	1
Laumontite	1
Quartz	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	539743
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:539743:3
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Localities for Sphalerite in this Region
D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite

4.8km (3.0 miles)	ⓘ D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
References
Collection of Werner Radl Pring, A. Wade, B. McFadden, A. Lenehan, C.E. Bindi, L. Wilson, Wendell E., Saul, John M., Pardieu, Vincent, Hughes, Richard W. (2009) Famous mineral localities: The Merelani Tanzanite Mines, Lelatema Mountains, Arusha Region, Tanzania. The Mineralogical Record, 40 (5) 346-408 Pring, Allan, Wade, Benjamin, McFadden, Aoife, Lenehan, Claire E., Cook, Nigel J. (2020) Coupled Substitutions of Minor and Trace Elements in Co-Existing Sphalerite and Wurtzite. Minerals, 10 (2) 147 doi:10.3390/min10020147 Bindi, Luca, Jaszczak, John A. (2020) Richardsite, Zn2CuGaS4, A New Gallium-Essential Member of the Stannite Group from the Gem Mines near Merelani, Tanzania. Minerals, 10 (5) 467 doi:10.3390/min10050467

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Sphalerite from Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Sphalerite from
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania