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Description: | Sphalerite is also known as blende and black jack, and is an ore of zinc. Zinc is used as a raw material in the paint industry (zinc oxide is a white pigment), for galvanising iron, and in the manufacture of alloys, such as brass. Locally, sphalerite is common in the Nenthead area near Alston. It usually occurs as shiny black crystals. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | rocks and minerals natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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