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What (who) is sphalerite - definition
.jpg?width=200 "Sphalerite and barite from Cumberland Mine, Tennessee, USA")
.jpg?width=200 "Sphalerite on dolostone, from Millersville Quarry, Ohio, USA")
 Áliva, Cantabria.jpg?width=200 "Sphalerite crystals from Áliva, Camaleño, Cantabria (Spain)")
![Sphalerite crystal in geodized [[brachiopod]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geodized brachiopod.jpg?width=200 "Sphalerite crystal in geodized [[brachiopod]]")
Wikipedia
Sphalerite (sometimes spelled sphaelerite) is a sulfide mineral with the chemical formula (Zn,Fe)S. It is the most important ore of zinc. Sphalerite is found in a variety of deposit types, but it is primarily in sedimentary exhalative, Mississippi-Valley type, and volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits. It is found in association with galena, chalcopyrite, pyrite (and other sulfides), calcite, dolomite, quartz, rhodochrosite, and fluorite.
German geologist Ernst Friedrich Glocker discovered sphalerite in 1847, naming it based on the Greek word sphaleros, meaning "deceiving", due to the difficulty of identifying the mineral.
In addition to zinc, sphalerite is an ore of cadmium, gallium, germanium, and indium. Miners have been known to refer to sphalerite as zinc blende, black-jack, and ruby blende. Marmatite is an opaque black variety with a high iron content.
