| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Sphalerite |
| Formula: | ZnS |
| Comments: | The principal zinc ore at Mežica |
| Habit: | small grains, veins, and lenticular aggregates. Well-formed crystals are unknown |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sphalerite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Mežica Mines, Mežica, Slovenia |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 72758 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:72758:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Localities for Sphalerite in this Region |
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| Union Mine, Mežica Mines, Mežica, Slovenia |
| Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite |
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| 0.0km (0.0 miles) | ⓘUnion Mine, Mežica Mines, Mežica, Slovenia |
| 12.6km (7.8 miles) | ⓘKošenjak, Ravne na Koroškem, Slovenia |
| 13.1km (8.1 miles) | ⓘKošenjak [2], Ravne na Koroškem, Slovenia |
| 17.6km (10.9 miles) | ⓘPb deposit, Rijavitzagraben (Jeravitzagraben; Jeravica; Remscheniggraben), Bad Eisenkappel, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 19.5km (12.1 miles) | ⓘLamprechtsberg mines, Lavamünd, Wolfsberg District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 19.6km (12.1 miles) | ⓘSittersdorfer Berg, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 22.3km (13.8 miles) | ⓘA2 Highway tunnel, Haberberg, St. Kollmann, Griffen, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 26.1km (16.2 miles) | ⓘPyrrhotite prospect, Ebriach, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 26.5km (16.5 miles) | ⓘFladung District, Eisenkappel-Vellach, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria |
| 27.2km (16.9 miles) | ⓘWandelitzen, Trixen, Völkermarkt, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria |
| References |
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Bancroft, Peter, Zorz, Mirjan, Krivograd, Franc, Kobler, Gregor (1991) Famous Mineral Localities: The Mezice Mine, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. The Mineralogical Record, 22 (2) 97-104 |
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Mežica Mines, Mežica, Slovenia