The main ore types mined at Rosh Pinah are carbonate ore, microquartzite ore, and arkose ore containing mainly the sulphide ore minerals sphalerite (ZnS), galena (PbS), chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) and Pyrite (FeS). Specimen grade sphalerite crystals are occasionally found as attractive dark brown metallic euhedral cubes in vugs and quartz veins in this mine.


Photo. G Hinder

They can also occur as an adamantine lustre of golden brown and even yellow green colour, but not at Rosh Pinah. These crysta...

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