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Sphalerite 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)…
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TTTA extracted 195 structured relationships around Sphalerite. Examples in this analysis include Sphalerite → Category → Sulfide mineral and Sphalerite → Cleavage → perfect dodecahedral on. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sphalerite | Category | Sulfide mineral | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Cleavage | perfect dodecahedral on | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Color | Light to dark brown, red-brown, yellow, red, green, light blue, black and colourless. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Crystal class | Hextetrahedral (43m) H-M symbol: (4 3m) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Crystal habit | Euhedral crystals – occurs as well-formed crystals showing good external form. Granular – generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Crystal system | Cubic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Dana classification | 02.08.02.01 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Diaphaneity | Transparent to translucent, opaque when iron-rich | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Formula | .mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su{display:inline-block;font-size:80%;line-height:1;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su>span{display:block;text-align:l… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Fracture | Uneven to conchoidal | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | IMA symbol | Sp | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Jmol .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(3D) | Interactive image | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Luster | Adamantine, resinous, greasy | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Mohs scale hardness | 3.5–4 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Optical properties | Isotropic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Other characteristics | non-radioactive, non-magnetic, fluorescent and triboluminescent. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Refractive index | nα = 2.369 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Space group | F43m (No. 216) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Specific gravity | 3.9–4.2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Streak | brownish white, pale yellow | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Strunz classification | 2.CB.05a | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Twinning | Simple contact twins or complex lamellar forms, twin axis | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | Unit cell | a = 5.406 Å; Z = 4 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sphalerite | is a | sulfide mineral with the chemical formula | 0.90 | text |
| Sphalerite | is a | ore of cadmium | 0.90 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Sphalerite bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Zinc, Also and Found. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Sphalerite, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Sphalerite with Deposit types. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Sphalerite to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Applications, Crystal habit and structure & Deposit types, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Sphalerite · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout