Sphalerite is a zinc ore used in making brass and bismuth bronze. Sphalerite veins and rocks are dark gray in color.
Obtaining[]
Sphalerite spawns as small rocks on the surface, indicating a vein somewhere below.
Sphalerite veins are medium in size and can be found in metamorphic layers of stone:
- Gneiss
- Marble
- Phyllite
- Quartzite
- Schist
- Slate
Sphalerite veins can also be found in the top half of the top layer of stone.
Using[]
Sphalerite can be smelted in a fire pit, pit kiln, or crucible to produce unshaped zinc. Sphalerite can also be used as an ingredient in the alloys brass and bismuth bronze.