A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Glaucodot with pyrite and quartz |
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| Description | Glaucodot, (Co,Fe)AsS, is a rare gray to silvery white (when fresh and untarnished) metallic copper, iron and arsenic sulfide found in hydrothermal deposits. When tarnished it may become darker colored. It is difficult to distinguish from other silvery metallic minerals. In this photo, the large crystals in the pocket are glaucodot. Most of the rest of the specimen is pyrite (and minor quartz). This specimen is 6 cm across. |
| Location | Canada ▹ Ontario. Near Cobalt. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-16. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #226. |
| Key words | glaucodot, pyrite, quartz, Ontario, Canada |
| Tech details | 614 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1189 |
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