A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Turgite from Berks County, Pennsylvania |
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| Description | Turgite, Fe2O3-H2O (hydrohematite), is an iron ore and sandstone cement consisting of hematite with adsorbed water. It is fibrous and red in mass with an orange tint where powdered. |
| Location | USA ▹ Pennsylvania ▹ Berks |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-24. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #545. |
| Key words | hematite, turgite, Pennsylvania |
| Tech details | 1.25 MB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1318 |
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