A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Oolitic hematite from unknown location |
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| Description | Hematite, Fe2O3 (iron oxide), has historically been a very important ore of iron. The picture shows an oolitic form of hematite. It is composed of oolites, small reddish brown rounded grains cemented tightly together. The specimen is 11.5 cm across. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-24. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #5012. |
| Key words | oolitic, hematite, oolite |
| Tech details | 829 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1317 |
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