A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Patronite from Ragra mine in Minas, Peru |
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| Description | Patronite, VS4 (vanadium sulfide) is a black (this specimen) to green colored sulfide mineral. It was a very important ore mineral of vanadium at this mine, once one of the richest vanadium mines in the world. This specimen ins 9 cm across. |
| Location | Peru ▹ Ragra. Near Minas. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-18. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #245. |
| Key words | patronite, Peru |
| Tech details | 758 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1258 |
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