A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Hessite with quartz and pyrite from Bates, Hungary |
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| Description | The dark gray mineral in this photo is hessite, Ag2Te (silver telluride). It is best seen by enlarging the photo. Hessite is typically found with hydrothermal veins containing native gold and native silver. This small sample is only 2 cm across. Most of it is quartz; minor pyrite is also present. |
| Location | Hungary. Near Bates. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-16. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #131. |
| Key words | hessite, quartz, pyrite, Hungary |
| Tech details | 585 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1198 |
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