A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Wollastonite with garnet and diopside |
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| Description | This is a sample of wollastonite ore from a mine at Willsboro, New York. The white wollastonite is accompanied by red garnet(grossular) and green diopside. The diopside crystals are about 1 mm in longest dimension. |
| Lithostratigraphy | Precambrian |
| Geologic province | Grenville |
| Location | USA ▹ New York ▹ Essex. Near Willsboro. Willsboro Wollastonite Mine. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-03. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #6361. |
| Key words | wollastonite, garnet, grossular, diopside |
| Tech details | 928 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1030 |
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