A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Wurtzite |
|---|---|
| Description | Wurtzite is the not so common cousin of the much more common mineral, sphalerite. Sphalerite and wurtzite are both zinc iron sulfides with the same formula, (Zn,Fe)S. However, what makes them different minerals is that they have different structures. The two are called polymorphs (meaning many shapes) and actually share the chemistry with a third, even rarer mineral, called matraite. |
| Location | USA ▹ Missouri ▹ Jasper County. Near Joplin. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-07-17. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #111. |
| Key words | Wurtzite, Missouri |
| Tech details | 639 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1228 |
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