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Sphalerite from
North Baroi Mine, Zawar deposit, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view North Baroi Mine, Zawar deposit, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:254690
Long-form Identifier:1:3:254690:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘMochia Mine, Zawar deposit, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘZawarmala Mine (Zawar Mala-Baroi Mine), Zawar deposit, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘBalaria Mine, Zawar deposit, Udaipur, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India
79.5km (49.4 miles) ⓘRajpura-Dariba mine, Rajsamand District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India
81.7km (50.8 miles) ⓘAjari-Basantgarh-Pipela, Sirohi District, Jodhpur Division, Rajasthan, India
84.7km (52.6 miles) ⓘSindesar Khurd mine, Rajpura-Dariba mine, Rajsamand District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India
86.5km (53.8 miles) ⓘAmbaji deposit, Deri-Ambaji Zn-Pb-Cu deposit, Sirohi District, Jodhpur Division, Rajasthan, India
88.2km (54.8 miles) ⓘDeri deposit, Deri-Ambaji Zn-Pb-Cu deposit, Sirohi District, Jodhpur Division, Rajasthan, India
References
Chauhan, D. S. (1984). Sedimentary pyrite from Pb-Zn deposits of the Zawar and Rajpura-Dariba regions and its bearing on the genesis of base metal sulfides. In Syngenesis and Epigenesis in the Formation of Mineral Deposits (pp. 36-42). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
 
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