| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Sphalerite |
| Formula: | ZnS |
| Comments: | Larger and fine crystals, transparent or translucent, in many cases, gemmy quality. A world classic location. |
| Colour: | orange, red, yellow, green |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Significance: | Significant commercial deposit of this mineral. |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Dolomite | 224 |
| Calcite | 33 |
| Galena | 6 |
| Quartz | 4 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sphalerite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Áliva Mine, Camaleño, Cantabria, Spain |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (278 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 40664 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:40664:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite |
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| 3.2km (2.0 miles) | ⓘYa Salió Mine, Fuente Dé, Camaleño, Cantabria, Spain |
| 14.7km (9.2 miles) | ⓘLa Boriza Mine, Poo de Cabrales, Cabrales, Asturias, Spain |
| 21.8km (13.6 miles) | ⓘLa Colemena mine, Suarías, Peñamellera Baja, Asturias, Spain |
| 25.8km (16.0 miles) | ⓘGrande Mine, Escaro, Riaño, León, Castile and Leon, Spain |
| 33.0km (20.5 miles) | ⓘLa Cuerre Mine, Rionansa (Herrerías), La Florida mining area, Sierra de Arnero, Cantabria, Spain |
| 34.0km (21.1 miles) | ⓘLa Florida mining area, Sierra de Arnero, Cantabria, Spain |
| 45.8km (28.4 miles) | ⓘJaimina Mine, Carrales, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Asturias, Spain |
| 46.6km (29.0 miles) | ⓘEmilio Mine, Loroñe, Obdulia vein, Colunga, Asturias, Spain |
| 49.8km (30.9 miles) | ⓘHermosa Mine, Sel del Haya, Cobijón, Udías, Cantabria, Spain |
| 58.1km (36.1 miles) | ⓘMercadal mines, Cartes, Cantabria, Spain |
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Áliva Mine, Camaleño, Cantabria, Spain