A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Pyrite and galena from Joplin, Missouri |
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| Description | This specimen is 7 cm across. Most of the specimen is galena, PbS. The galena is coated with a thin layer of golden pyrite, FeS2. Corners of a cube show in the middle of the sample - the cubic shape comes from the underlying galena crystals. This sample comes from the famous mining district near Joplin, Missouri. |
| Location | USA ▹ Missouri ▹ Jasper County. Near Joplin. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-03. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #240. |
| Key words | pyrite, galena, Missouri |
| Tech details | 716 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1034 |
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