A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Bornite from Butte, Montana |
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| Description | This sample, 7 cm across, contains white quartz and darker colored bornite. The bornite, normally brownish colored, has tanished and has a “peacock” coloration in some places. In fact, bornite is sometimes called “peacock ore.” Bornite, Cu2FeS4 (copper iron sulfide), is sometimes used as an ore of copper. |
| Location | USA ▹ Montana. Near Butte. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-11. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #109. |
| Key words | bornite, Montana |
| Tech details | 707 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1145 |
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