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Wurtzite

Val Pulita Quarry, Torano quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

Sphalerite, etc.

Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

Sphalerite, etc.

Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia

Wurtzite

Val Pulita Quarry, Torano quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

Sphalerite, etc.

Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

Sphalerite, etc.

Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia

Wurtzite

Val Pulita Quarry, Torano quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

Sphalerite, etc.

Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

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Synonym of:

Sphalerite, Wurtzite

This page provides mineralogical data about Leerblende.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

10516

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:10516:1

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7bc54e5b-76a3-4d3e-a1ee-f167ec396998

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0000110	Sphalerite	Skinner B J (1961) Unit-cell edges of natural and synthetic sphalerites American Mineralogist 46 1399-1411	1961	synthetic	293
0018098	Sphalerite	de Jong W (1927) Marmatit und christophit _cod_database_code 1011232 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 66 515-515	1927		293
0018099	Sphalerite	de Jong W (1927) Marmatit und christophit _cod_database_code 1011233 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 66 515-515	1927		293
0018328	Sphalerite	Nitta E, Kimata M, Hoshino M, Echigo T, Hamasaki S, Nishida N, Shimizu M, Akasak T (2008) Crystal chemistry of ZnS minerals formed as high-temperature volcanic sublimates: matraite identical with sphalerite Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 103 145-151	2008	Iwodake volcano, Satsuma-Iwojima, Kyushu, SW Japan	293
0000088	Wurtzite	Evans H T, McKnight E T (1959) New wurtzite polytypes from Joplin, Missouri American Mineralogist 44 1210-1218	1959		293
0000089	Wurtzite	Evans H T, McKnight E T (1959) New wurtzite polytypes from Joplin, Missouri American Mineralogist 44 1210-1218	1959		293
0000115	Wurtzite	Myer G H (1962) Hydrothermal wurtzite at Thomaston Dam, Connecticut American Mineralogist 47 977-979	1962	Thomaston Dam, Connecticut	293
0005074	Wurtzite	Mloszewski M J, Saha A K, Nuffield E W (1957) Manganoan ferroan wurtzite from Llallagua, Bolivia (II) The Canadian Mineralogist 6 136-139	1957	Llallagua, Bolivia	293
0005075	Wurtzite	Mloszewski M J, Saha A K, Nuffield E W (1957) Manganoan ferroan wurtzite from Llallagua, Bolivia (II) The Canadian Mineralogist 6 136-139	1957	Llallagua, Bolivia	293
0005544	Wurtzite	Chao G Y, Gault R A (1998) The occurence of two rare polytypes of wurtzite, 4H and 8H, at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec The Canadian Mineralogist 36 775-778	1998	Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0010082	Wurtzite	Kisi E H, Elcombe M M (1989) U parameters for the wurtzite structure of ZnS and ZnO using powder neutron diffraction Acta Crystallographica C45 1867-1870	1989	synthetic	293
0010492	Wurtzite	Aminoff G (1923) Untersuchungen ueber die kristallstrukturen von wurtzit und rotnickelkies Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 58 203-219	1923		293
0010493	Wurtzite	Ulrich F, Zachariasen W H (1925) Ueber die kristallstruktur des alpha- und beta-CdS, sowie des wurtzits Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 62 260-273	1925	synthetic	293
0011556	Wurtzite	Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York Crystal Structures 1 85-237	1963		293
0014934	Wurtzite	Kullerud G (1953) The Fe S - Zn S system. A geological thermometer Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 32 61-147	1953		293
0014935	Wurtzite	Kullerud G (1953) The Fe S - Zn S system. A geological thermometer Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 32 61-147	1953		293
0014998	Wurtzite	Ballentyne D W G, Roy B (1961) Electroluminescence and crystal structure in the alloy system ZnS - CdS Physica 27 337-341	1961	synthetic	293
0015169	Wurtzite	Yeh C, Lu Z W, Froyen S, Zunger A (1992) Zinc-blende-wurtzite polytypism in semiconductors Physical Review B46 10086-10097	1992		293
0015179	Wurtzite	Xu Y N, Ching W Y (1993) Electronic, optical, and structural properties of some wurtzite crystals Physical Review B48 4335-4351	1993		293
0015413	Wurtzite	Frondel C, Palache C (1948) Three new polymorphs of zinc sulfide Science 107 602-602	1948		293
0015414	Wurtzite	Frondel C, Palache C (1948) Three new polymorphs of zinc sulfide Science 107 602-602	1948		293

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Austria
Carinthia Villach-Land District Bad Bleiberg Bleiberg-Kreuth ⓘ Max Mine	[Sphalerite] G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995

Bolivia
Oruro Cercado Province Oruro ⓘ San José Mine	[Wurtzite] [MinRec 32:479]

Canada
Ontario Wellington County Guelph Township ⓘ Guelph Dolime Quarry	[Sphalerite] Reiner Mielke Ray Lehoux

France
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Isère Grenoble Susville ⓘ Villaret pit	[Sphalerite] Belot, Victor R. (1978) Guide des minéraux, coquillages et fossiles: où les trouver en France, comment les reconnaître et les collectionner (Guides Horay). Pierre Horay (Ed.), 224 pp.
Puy-de-Dôme Riom Saint-Pierre-le-Chastel ⓘ Rosiers Mine (Le Rozier Mine; Le Rosier Mine)	[Wurtzite var: Voltzite] Jean Fournet (1833) Ann. Mines. series 3, v 3, p. 519
Grand Est Haut-Rhin Thann-Guebwiller Steinbach Silberthal ⓘ Silberthalrücken vein	[Sphalerite] J.-L. Hohl: "Minéraux et Mines du Massif Vosgien", Editions du Rhin (Mulhouse), 1994 Mines, mineurs et minéralogie du Silberthal, tomes 1 et 2
Occitanie Gard Le Vigan Montdardier ⓘ La Sanguinede mine	[Sphalerite] J F Carpenter specimen

Germany
Bavaria Upper Franconia Bamberg District Altendorf ⓘ Holzbachacker clay pit	[Sphalerite] Kirill Vlasov
North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Oberbergischer Kreis Nümbrecht Wirtenbach ⓘ Büschhof Quarry (Schretzmair Quarry)	[Sphalerite] Lapis 2005(30), 9

Ireland
Leinster Longford County Ballymahon Keel ⓘ Garrycam deposit (Keel Mine)	[Sphalerite] Barry Flannery (Personal Collection) Singer, Donald A., Berger, Vladimir I., Moring, Barry C. (2009) Sediment-Hosted Zinc-Lead Deposits of the World - Database and Grade and Tonnage Models. Open-File Report 2009-1252. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20091252 Singer, Donald A., Berger, Vladimir I., Moring, Barry C. (2009) Sediment-Hosted Zinc-Lead Deposits of the World - Database and Grade and Tonnage Models. Open-File Report 2009-1252. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20091252
Munster Tipperary County Silvermines District ⓘ Ballygown South Mine	[Sphalerite] Barry Flannery Collection. Rhoden, H.N. (1959) Mineralogy of the Silvermines District, County Tipperary, Eire. Mineralogical Magazine, 32, 128-139.
ⓘ Ballynoe mine (Magcobar mine)	[Sphalerite] Barry Flannery Collection Econ Geol (1987) 82:371-394
ⓘ Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines)	[Sphalerite] Moreton, S. (1999) Mineralogical Record, 30, 99-106.

Italy
Tuscany Lucca Province Gallicano ⓘ Zinepri	[Sphalerite] Biagioni, C., & Barsanti, M. (2008). Primo ritrovamento di millerite nella Valle del Serchio (Lucca). MICRO (notizie mineralogiche), 2008, 111-116.
Stazzema ⓘ Bottino Mine	[Sphalerite] Benvenuti, M., Mascaro, I., Corsini, F., Ferrari, M., Lattanzi, P., Parrini, P., Costagliola, P., Taneli, G. (2000) Environmental mineralogy and geochemistry of waste dumps at the Pb(Zn)-Ag Bottino mine, Apuane Alps, Italy. European Journal of Mineralogy: 12(2): 441-453.
ⓘ Levigliani mine	[Sphalerite] Dini, A. (1995) Metacinabro zincifero (leviglianite) e sfalerite mercurifera della miniera di Levigliani (Alpi Apuane, Toscana). Atti Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat., Mem.: 102: 67-72.
Pontestazzemese ⓘ Buca della Vena Mine	[Sphalerite] Orlandi, P., Dini, A. (2004) Die Mineralien der Buca della Vena-Mine, Apuaner Berge, Toskana (Italien). Lapis: 1: 11-24.
Vergemoli Fornovolasco ⓘ Cava del Ferro (Bùgie mines; Trimpello)	[Sphalerite] Cioffi M., 1991. La mineralizzazione a magnetite-pirite di Fornovolasco (Alpi Apuane). Tesi di laurea inedita, Università di Firenze. Biagioni, C., Orlandi, P., & Bonini, M. (2008). Fornovolasco. Storia e minerali delle miniere di ferro presso Vergemoli (Alpi Apuane). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 4/2008, 230-252
Massa-Carrara Province Carrara Torano quarrying basin ⓘ Val Pulita Quarry (Valpulita Quarry)	[Wurtzite] Amici Mineralogisti Fiorentini [ Brizzi, G.] (1984) Eccezionale ritrovamento di wurtzite nel marmo di Carrara. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 8, 3 (3-1984), 108-109 Brizzi, G. (1986) Nuovo ritrovamento di sulvanite a Carrara. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 10, 1 (1-1986), 39-41 Orlandi, P., and Franzini, M. (1994) I minerali del marmo di Carrara. Cassa di Risparmio di Carrara - Amilcare Pizzi Editore S.p.A., Milano, 109 pp. Passarino, G. (1998) Eccezionali cristalli di sulvanite di Carrara. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 22, 1 (1-1998), 67 Bombarda, L., Granai, F., and Orlandi, P. (1999) Le cave di Val Bona e Val Pulita. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 23, 2 (2-1999), 100-102 Orlandi, P., and Criscuolo, A. (2009) Minerali del marmo delle Alpi Apuane. Parco delle Alpi Apuane - Pacini Editore, Ospedaletto-Pisa, 180 pp. Dallegno, A., and Mazzoleni, G. (2014) Sfalerite e wurtzite. La fluorescenza dei cristalli nei geodi del marmo di Carrara. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 38, 4 (4-2014), 222-239 Morino, A., and Passarino, G. (2014) I minerali delle cavità dei marmi Carrara: sfalerite e wurtzite. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 38, 4 (4-2014), 212-221 *Morino, A., Passarino, G. (2016) Minerali nel marmo di Carrara: solfuri e solfosali. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 2016 (1) Museo Civico di Storia Naturale. 22-33*

Kazakhstan
Karaganda Region ⓘ Dzhezkazgan mining district	[Sphalerite] RWMW specimen Box, S.E., Syusyura, Boris, Hayes, T.S., Taylor, C.D., Zientek, M.L., Hitzman, M.W., Seltmann, Reimer, Chechetkin, Vladimir, Dolgopolova, Alla, Cossette, P.M., and Wallis, J.C., 2012, Sandstone copper assessment of the Chu-Sarysu Basin, Central Kazakhstan: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5090–E, 63 p. Evseev, A. A. (1995) Kazaknstan and Middle Asia. A brief Mineralogical Guide. World of Stone 8:24-30

Kosovo
Mitrovica District Mitrovica Trepča valley Trepča complex ⓘ Trepča Stari Trg Mine	[Sphalerite] Joana Koà Odziejczyk ,Jaroslav Pršek , Halilqela ( 2012) MIneralogical Diversity In Orebodies Within Xth Horizon.At Stan Terg Mine, Kosovo. Buletini i Shkencave Gjeologjike pp84- Féraud J. (1979) - La mine " Stari-Trg " (Trepca, Yougoslavie) et ses richesses minéralogiques. Avec la collaboration de Mari D. et G. (1979) Minéraux et Fossiles, n° 59-60, p. 19-28 Kołodziejczyk, J., Pršek, J., Melfos, V., Voudouris, P. C., Maliqi, F., & Kozub-Budzyń, G. (2015). Bismuth minerals from the Stan Terg deposit (Trepça, Kosovo). Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie-Abhandlungen: Journal of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 192(3), 317-333. Kołodziejczyk, J., Pršek, J., Voudouris, P., Melfos, V. and Asllani, B., (2016) Sn-bearing minerals and associated sphalerite from lead-zinc deposits, Kosovo: An electron microprobe and LA-ICP-MS study. Minerals, 6(2), p.42.

Norway
Buskerud ⓘ Kongsberg silver mining district	[Sphalerite] Neumann, H. (1944): Silver deposits at Kongsberg. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 162. p. 57
Rogaland Karmøy Karmøy Island ⓘ Vigsnes Copper Mines	[Sphalerite] Torkelsen, Arne (1993): Om gruvene på Karmøy. STEIN 20 (1), 47-52

Peru
Ancash Bolognesi Province Aquia District ⓘ Pachapaqui mining district	[Sphalerite] Mineralogical Record 28, no. 4 (1997) Hyrsl & Rosales (2003) Mineralogical Record, 34, 241-254. Hyrsl & Rosales (2003) Mineralogical Record, 34, 241-254.
Huallanca District Huanzala ⓘ Huanzala Mine	[Sphalerite] Econ Geol (1985) 80:416-478 Hyrsl & Rosales (2003) Mineralogical Record, 34, 241-254.
Pallasca Province Pampas District ⓘ Pasto Bueno	[Sphalerite] Mineralogical Record 28, no. 4 (1997) Hyršl, J. (2011): Pasto Bueno und Mundo Nuevo in Peru- die weltbesten Hübnerite und mehr. Mineralien Welt 22(1), 64-79
Recuay Province Ticapampa District ⓘ Hercules Mine	[Sphalerite] Mi.Rec. 28, no.4 (1997)
La Libertad Santiago de Chuco Province Quiruvilca District ⓘ Quiruvilca Mine	[Sphalerite] Burkart-Baumann, I. Ottemann, J. (1972): Low temperature sulfides from Quiruvilca, Peru. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1972, 541-551 (in German). Min.Rec. 28, #4 (1997)

Poland
Lower Silesian Voivodeship Kłodzko County Nowa Ruda ⓘ Piast Mine	[Sphalerite] Andrzejewski K. (1993) - Szczelinowa mineralizacja hydrotermalna w skałach gabrowo-diabazowych KWK Nowa Ruda. Archiwum Uniwersytetu Slaskiego

Romania
Maramureș County Baia Mare ⓘ Herja Mine	[Sphalerite] Mârza, I. Tămaș, C.G. Tetean, R. Andreica, A. Denuț, I. *Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) The System of Mineralogy* (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York. Zsivny, V. and Naray-Szabo, I.V. (1947) Parajamesonit, ein neues Mineral von Kisbanya. Schweizerische mineralogische und petrographische Mitteilungen: 27: 183-189. Fleischer, M. (1949) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 34: 133. Cook, N.J. and Damian, G.S. (1997) New data on "plumosite" and other sulfosalt minerals from the Herja hydrothermal vein deposit, Baia Mare district, Rumania. Geologica Carpathica 48, 387-399. Damian, G. (2012) The genesis of the base metal ore deposit from Herja. Studia UBB, Geologia, 48(1), 85-100. Kovács, R. (2019) Epithermal Bicolor Black and White Calcite Spheres from Herja Ore Deposit, Baia Mare Neogene Ore District, Romania-Genetic Considerations. Minerals 9, 352.**

Russia
Primorsky Krai Dalnegorsk Urban District Dalnegorsk ⓘ Nikolaevskiy Mine	[Sphalerite] Dobovol'skaya, M. G., Baskina, V. A., Balashova, S. P., Kenisarin, A. M., Arakelyants, M. M., Klimachev, L. A., & Muravitskaya, G. N. (1990). Order of Formation of the Ores and Mafic Dikes of the Nikolayevsk Deposit (Southern Primor'ye). International Geology Review, 32(4), 391-403. Grant, R.W., Wilson, W.E. (2001) Famous Mineral Localities: Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia. The Mineralogical Record, 32(1), 3-30 (9). Vasilenko, G.P. (2001) The Dalnegorsk Ore District. pp98-124 in Khanchuk, A.I., Gonevchuk, G.A. & Seltmann, R. (Eds) Metallogeny of the Pacific Northwest (Russian Far East): Tectonics, Magmatism and Metallogeny of Active Continental Margins. IAGOD Guidebook series 11, Dalnauka Publishing House, Vladivostok 2004, 176 p. Rogulina, L.I., and Sveshnikova, O.L. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(1), 60-74.

South Africa
Gauteng West Rand District Municipality Far West Rand Western Sector Carletonville ⓘ Kusasalethu Mine	[Sphalerite] [MinRec 32:177]

Spain
Basque Country Guipúzcoa (Gipuzkoa) Mutiloa ⓘ Troya Mine	[Sphalerite] Calvo, M., Gascón, F. and Cavia, J.M. (1993) Minerales de las Comunidades Autónomas del País Vasco y Navarra. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava. 156 pp. Calvo Rebollar, Miguel. (2003) Minerales y Minas de España. Vol. II. Sulfuros y sulfosales. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Alava. Vitoria. 705 págs.
Cantabria Camaleño ⓘ Las Manforas Mine	[Sphalerite] Gómez Fernández, F., Claverol, M.G., Luque, C., and Calvo Rebollar, M. (2006) La mina de Áliva. La blenda acaramelada de los Picos de Europa. Bocamina, 17, 28-112.
Murcia Cartagena Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión El Gorguel El Pino ⓘ Lola Mine	[Sphalerite var: Marmatite] Calvo, M. (2003) Minerales y Minas de España. Vol II. Sulfuros y sulfosales. Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Alava. Vitoria. 705 págs.

Switzerland
Valais Goms Binn Fäld ⓘ Lengenbach Quarry	[Sphalerite] No reference listed

Tanzania
Manyara Region Simanjiro District Lelatema Mountains Merelani Hills ⓘ D-Block Mine	[Wurtzite] Anon (2015) Gem-quality Wurtzite from Tanzania. in Gem Notes pp 669-671. The Journal of Gemmology, 34(8),

UK
England Cumbria Eden Alston Moor Nenthead ⓘ Smallcleugh Mine	[Sphalerite] Dunham K C, Geology of the Northern Pennine Orefield , Vol 1, Tyne to Stainmore. HMSO
ⓘ Nentsberry Haggs Mine	[Sphalerite] No reference listed
Dorset West Dorset Symondsbury Eype ⓘ Eype Beach	[Sphalerite] David Baldwin

USA
Connecticut Fairfield County Brookfield ⓘ U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District)	[Sphalerite] Januzzi, Ronald E. (1994), Mineral Data Book - Western Connecticut and Environs. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut. Weber, Marcelle H. and Earle C. Sullivan. (1995): Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals (Connecticut Issue): 70 (6): 396
Litchfield County Thomaston Thomaston Dam ⓘ Thomaston Dam railroad cut	[Sphalerite] Fluorite: The Collector's Choice. Extra Lapis English No. 9 Rocks & Minerals: 60(3): 119-124. Rocks & Minerals: 70: 420-425. Yedlin, Neal. (1973a), Yedlin on Micromounting. Mineralogical Record: 4(2). Yedlin, Neal. (1973b), Yedlin on Micromounting. Mineralogical Record: 4(6). Henderson, William A. (1979), Microminerals. Thomaston Dam. Mineralogical Record: 10: 239-241. Segeler, Curt and Molon, Joseph. (1985), The Thomaston Dam Site, Thomaston, Connecticut Vogt, Wolfgang. (1991), Rediscovering Thomaston Dam. Lapidary Journal: April. Henderson, William A. (1995), Microminerals of Connecticut
Woodbury Orenaug Hills ⓘ O & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry)	[Sphalerite] J. Zolan Weber, Marcelle H. and Earle C. Sullivan. (1995): Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals (Connecticut Issue): 70(6): 407 Garabedian, James A. (1998), Secondary Mineralization of Half-Moon Vesicles in the Mesozoic Basalt of the O&G#2 Quarry, Woodbury, Connecticut. University of Connecticut Master of Science Thesis.
Maryland Carroll County Medford ⓘ Medford Quarry	[Sphalerite] J. Wingard, personal observation 5/1/04
Missouri Jasper County ⓘ Joplin Field	[Wurtzite-10H] American Mineralogist 44 (1959), 1210-1218
Lewis County ⓘ Durham	[Sphalerite] Sherwood, M. D., & Williams, G. A. (1998). Missouri mineral locality index. Rocks & Minerals, 73(2), 98-117.
Montana Silver Bow County Butte Mining District (Summit Valley Mining District) ⓘ Leonard Mine	[Wurtzite] J Lorengo collection
New Jersey Sussex County ⓘ Franklin	[Sphalerite var: Cleiophane]
New York New York City Manhattan (New York Co.) ⓘ 63rd Street Tunnel	[Wurtzite] John H. Betts (2009) "The minerals of New York City", Rocks & Minerals, 84, 204-240.

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