Kimberley, British Columbia
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Kimberley is a city in southeast British Columbia, Canada along Highway 95A between the Purcell and Rocky Mountains. Kimberley was named in 1896 after the Kimberley mine in South Africa.
Kimberley Bavarian cuckoo clock.
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Sullivan Mine
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The Sullivan Mine is a now-closed conventional–mechanized underground mine located in Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada. The ore body is a complex, sediment-hosted, sedimentary exhalative deposit co
Kimberley, British Columbia
…above sea level, the city's elevation is the highest in British Columbia. From 1917 to 2001, it was the home to the world's largest lead-zinc mine, the Sullivan Mine. Today, Kimberley is primarily a tourist destination and home to the Kimberley Alpine Resort, a ski area and Kimberley's Underground Mining Railway…
Banded massive sulfide silver-lead-zinc ore from the Sullivan Mine. Very dark gray = argentiferous galena (Pb,Ag)S. Dark grayish brown bands = sphalerite (ZnS). Dull brassy wisps = pyrrhotite (Fe1-xS). Specimen is about 2.3 cm (1 inch) wide.
Closeup photo of banded massive sulfide (silver-lead-zinc ore) from the Sullivan mine. Field of view is about 2 cm across. Silvery-gray = argentiferous galena (Pb,Ag)S. Very dark bands = sphalerite (ZnS). The folded and contorted bedding is from soft-sediment slumping.