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

Formula	ZnS
Abbreviation	Sp
Classifications	Sphalerite (group), Zinc sulphide
Luminescence emitters	Band gap, Unspecified
Spectra	Luminescence (2), SXES (1)
IMA Status	Approved (IMA 1980 s.p.)
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Related materials	Wurtzite
Tags	Mineral, Sulphide

Composition

Element	Atoms
S	1
Zn	1
Total:	2

References

Reference	Lines	Spectra	Images
CSIRO SXES database	0	1	1
Hamblen 2003	0	0	4
Moenke 1974	1	0	0
CSIRO CL spectra 2016	8	2	1