A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Cobalt-rich arsenopyrite (danaite) and chalcopyrite from Bajados, Spain |
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| Description | Danaite, (Fe,Co)AsS, is a cobalt-rich variety of arsenopyrite. Here it is the dark gray mineral seen with minor tarnished gold chalcopyrite, CuFeS2 (copper iron sulfide). The specimen, 2 cm across, comes from a mining disrict in Spain. |
| Location | Spain. Near Bajados. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-11. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #220. |
| Key words | danaite, chalcopyrite, Spain |
| Tech details | 645 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1152 |
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