A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Hematite “red ocher” |
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| Description | Hematite, Fe2O3 (iron oxide), is an important ore of iron and it's blood red color (in the powdered form) makes it a common pigment. Crystals of hematite are rare; fine grained masses or powdered forms are more common. Hematite may have a silvery black metallic appearance, but red (ocher), orange and brown varieties are more common. This picture is 4 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Minnesota |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-23. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #382. |
| Key words | hematite, red ocher, Minnesota |
| Tech details | 1.22 MB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1305 |
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