A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Pyrite on a glacial pebble |
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| Description | This is a cobble, polished by glacial ice. It shows shiny pyrite veins, FeS2 (iron sulfide). Pyrite is sometimes called “fool's gold” because of its color, but real gold is more “butter” yellow and has a less metallic luster. This specimen is 12 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ North Dakota |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-05. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #247. |
| Key words | pyrite, glacial, North Dakota |
| Tech details | 844 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1041 |
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