A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Pentlandite with pyrrhotite from Cobalt, Ontario |
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| Description | Most of this sample, 6 cm across, is pentlandite, a yellowish-bronze sulfide of iron and nickel, (Fe,Ni)9S8. Pentlandite is found in masses nearly always associated with the iron sulfide pyrrhotite, but only minor pyrrhotite is in this specimen. |
| Location | Canada ▹ Ontario. Near Cobalt. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-16. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #136. |
| Key words | Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Ontario, Canada |
| Tech details | 979 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1209 |
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