Sphalerite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Sphalerite

Images

Photograph of a specimen of sphalerite and barite from Hot Springs, North Carolina, USA. Size: 8.5cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

CL/SEM spectrum of Sphalerite

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of sphalerite (orange PL), willemite (green PL) and franklinite (dark) from Ogdensburg, New Jersey. Size: 10cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

SXES spectrum of Sphalerite

© (C) 2016 CSIRO Mineral Resources

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of sphalerite (orange PL) in a barite matrix, from Hot Springs, North Carolina, USA. Size: 8.5cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Sphalerite specimen from Rodna, Transilvania, Romania

© Photo by Ken Larsen, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Image of a specimen of sphalerite, willemite and franklinite from Ogdensburg, New Jersey. Size: 10cm

© Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Properties

Formulas	ZnS, (Zn,Fe)S
Abbreviation	Sp
Variant	Black Jack
Classifications	Sphalerite (group), Zinc sulphide
Member	Marmatite
Luminescence emitters	Ag, Band gap, Donor-acceptor pair, Mn, Unspecified
Spectra	Luminescence (2), SXES (1)
IMA Status	Approved (IMA 1980 s.p.)
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Related materials	Sphalerite, Black Jack, Wurtzite
Tags	Mineral, Sulphide

Composition

Element	Atoms
S	1
Zn	1
Total:	2

References

CSIRO SXES database

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CSIRO CL spectra 2016

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Tarashchan 1978

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