A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Stannite with pyrite |
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| Description | The dark black-gray material is fine grained stannite. Minor pyrite and quartz can also be seen. Stannite is a comparatively rare mineral with composition Cu2FeSnS4. It is difficult to distinguish from other dark colored dense minerals without chemical analysis. Commonly, it is steel-grey but may have an olive-green or yellowish tinge. Stannite is an ore of tin. |
| Location | Tasmania. Near Zeehan. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-16. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #103. |
| Key words | Stannite, Pyrite, Tasmania |
| Tech details | 815 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1193 |
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