Earth

• Palaeontology
• Rocks
• Minerals
  • Gems of the North display
    • Hematite
    • Calcite
    • Baryte
    • Fluorite
    • Sphalerite
    • Galena
    • Quartz
    • Pyromorphite

Gems of the North - Sphalerite

Sphalerite from Nenthead, Cumbria LIV.1991.120.R

This mineral is the richest source of zinc. Zinc is used as a coating for iron to prevent rusting, and combined with copper to make brass.