A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Bismuthinite and pyrite from Tasno, Bolivia |
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| Description | This sample (8 cm across) contains both bismuthinite and pyrite. The golden colored pyrite is easy to see, but the gray bismuthinite is tougher to pick out. Pyrite, FeS2 (iron sulfide), is the classic “Fool's Gold”. There are other shiny brassy yellow minerals, but pyrite is the most common. Bismuthinite, Bi2S3 (bismuth sulfide), is a relatively nondescript (and uncommon) steel gray mineral, but is an important ore of bismuth. |
| Location | Bolivia. Near Tasna. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-10. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #121. |
| Key words | bismuthinite, pyrite, Bolivia |
| Tech details | 937 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1114 |
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