A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Stibnite with pyrite and chalcedony, Cohenour, Ontario |
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| Description | The gray material is fine grained stibnite. When fine grained, as in this sample, stibnite is difficult to identify without a chemical analysis. Stibnite, Sb2S3 (antimony sulfide), is the most important ore mineral of antimony (Sb); it is found in many parts of the world. In this specimen it is accompanied by minor pyrite (golden color) and white-gray chalcedony. The specimen is 8 cm across. |
| Location | Canada ▹ Ontario. Near Cohenour. Cohenour-Willard Mines. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-11. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #73. |
| Key words | stibnite, pyrite, chalcedony, Ontario, Canada |
| Tech details | 991 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1141 |
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