A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Sphalerite with chalcopyrite from Manitouwadge, Ontario |
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| Description | This sample contains mostly dark-brown to black sphalerite, (Zn,Fe)S. This variety of sphalerite is sometimes called marmatite or christophite. It generally is mostly ZnS with up to twenty percent FeS. Accompanying the sphalerite is golden-yellow chalcopyrite. The specimen is 14 cm across. |
| Location | Canada ▹ Ontario. Near Manitouwadge. GECO Mines. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-07-16. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #182. |
| Key words | christophite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, marmatite, Ontario, Canada |
| Tech details | 990 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1188 |
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