Is this Sphalerite? What's it worth?

[patraney]

I am new to collecting due to making a friend that owns a giant hole in the ground... wondering what my finds are worth....thanks.
Found this on the ground...it weighs 1oz.1.29 grams.

 

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[adirondackjim]

I am new to collecting due to making a friend that owns a giant hole in the ground...

Now that right there sounds like the start of a good story...nice find.

 

[DetectingGodlikeOnOlympus]

That looks like pyrite.

Sphalerite is soft and smells like sulphur, among other characteristics.

 

[travelerga]

Looks like pyrite.

 

[Rasputin]

It is iron pyrite-costs about a buck at a rock shop in that size.