A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Millerite with hematite and magnetite |
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| Description | Most of this small sample (7 cm across) is red-brown hematite, but if you look closely at an enlarged photo you can find some needles of millerite, NiS (nickel sulfide). Millerite is one of a few sulfide minerals that form fine acicular crystals that appear as hair-like fibers aggregated into sprays. The specimen also contains small amounts of black magnetite (althouth it is difficult to see) and minor quartz. |
| Location | USA ▹ New York. Near Antwerd. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-16. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #199. |
| Key words | Millerite, Hematite, Magnetite, New York |
| Tech details | 844 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1197 |
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