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Sphalerite
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v50.14 · v0.47.05 This article is about the current version of DF.Note that some content may still need to be updated. |
Sphalerite is the only ore of zinc, and can also be used as an ingredient in the smelting of brass. In the game, sphalerite is found as veins in metamorphic layers. Interestingly, dwarves can smelt sphalerite into zinc while the stone itself does not melt, but sublimates (going from solid to gas without melting).
Smelting
Sphalerite is needed to make two types of metal bars at a smelter:
- Zinc bars
- Brass bars - with native copper, malachite, or tetrahedrite
Other uses
Sphalerite is twice as valuable as common stone and is magma-safe, but zinc itself is not. As such, it's worth considering enabling sphalerite to be used for masonry (in the status screen, accessed by z), especially if your fortress lacks other magma-safe materials.
Gallery
Crystallized, lustrous, black sphalerite crystals with red highlights, are the host for two discrete rosettes of light tan baryte, to 3.25 cm across along with a single, glassy and gemmy, lavender colored fluorite crystal.
Sphalerite
A 6 mm sphalerite crystal
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[ENVIRONMENT:METAMORPHIC:VEIN:100]
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[METAL_ORE:ZINC:100]
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[BOILING_POINT:12133]
[SOLID_DENSITY:4050]
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