A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Pyrite and bismuthinite |
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| Description | The dark gray-black mineral is bismuthinite (Bi2S3). Here it is fine grained and massive but it can occur as prismatic to needle like striated crystals or as fibers or foliated sheets. The gold mineral is pyrite (FeS2), commonly called “Fools Gold.” The specimen is 12 cm across. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-05. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #23216. |
| Key words | pyrite, bismuthinite |
| Tech details | 877 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1043 |
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