Sphalerite is a very cool mineral. It is a beautiful, complex and diverse zinc sulfide (ZnS) mineral that also hosts a treasure trove of other critical elements. These include manganese, cadmium ...

It hosts multiple sheeted quartz veins and calc-silicate veins ... stockwork and quartz veins between 5 and 15 cm thick with sphalerite (2%), pyrrhotite (1%), pyrite (2%), and minor galena hosted ...