Is this Sphalerite? What's it worth?
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Now that right there sounds like the start of a good story...nice find.
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That looks like pyrite.
Sphalerite is soft and smells like sulphur, among other characteristics.
Sphalerite is soft and smells like sulphur, among other characteristics.
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Looks like pyrite.
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It is iron pyrite-costs about a buck at a rock shop in that size.
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