A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Psilomelane |
|---|---|
| Description | This sample is labeled psilomelane in the University of North Dakota Mineral Catalog, but is probably romanechite. Although it once refered to a single barium-manganese oxy-hydroxide (now called romanechite), today psilomelane is a general term that refers to a mixture of manganese oxide minerals, general hard and black, often botryoidal or collororm. Psilomelane is closely related to wad. |
| Location | USA ▹ Vermont. Near Brandon. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-02-23. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #548. |
| Key words | romanechite, psilomelane, vermont |
| Tech details | 472 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 145 |
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