Locality type: Mine Classification Species: Sphalerite Formula: ZnS Comments: Herja produces black sphalerites as fine as any other locality Habit: Large tetrahedra to 3 cm, some spinel twinned. Often polysynthetic twins Colour: Black Luminescent properties: none Quality for species: Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Quartz 630 - var Chalcedony 15 - var Quartzine 12 - var Star Quartz 12 - var Smoky Quartz 1 Calcite 492 - var Manganese-bearing Calcite 8 Siderite 434 - var Sphärosiderite 60 - var Manganese-bearing Siderite 1 Galena 300 Pyrite 292 Marcasite 265 Pyrrhotite 145 Chalcopyrite 123 Semseyite 102 Plumosite 93 Dolomite 46 - var Manganese-bearing Dolomite 2 Stibnite 34 Bournonite 29 Fizélyite 28 Jamesonite 28 Freibergite Subgroup 26 Boulangerite 22 Baryte 16 Tennantite Subgroup 12 Fluorite 10 Tetrahedrite Subgroup 8 Arsenopyrite 8 Limonite 7 Covellite 7 Native Arsenic 5 Pyrrhotite Group 4 Zinkenite 1 Calcite Group 1 Cubanite 1 Cuprite 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Sphalerite data Locality Data: Click here to view Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania Photo Gallery View Gallery (84 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 47350 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:47350:7 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
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Mârza, Ioan, Tămaș, Călin Gabriel, Tetean, Romulus, Andreica, Alina, Denuț, Ioan, Kovács, Réka (2019) Epithermal Bicolor Black and White Calcite Spheres from Herja Ore Deposit, Baia Mare Neogene Ore District, Romania-Genetic Considerations. Minerals , 9 (6) 352 doi:10.3390/min9060352 Search for references including Sphalerite Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania