A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Zincite with franklinite |
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| Description | This sample is dominated by red zincite, ZnO (zinc oxide), with patches of dark franklinite, (Zn,Fe,Mn)(Fe,Mn)2O4 (zinc iron manganese oxide), sticking out. Zincite and franklinite are both important ores of zinc. |
| Location | USA ▹ New Jersey. Near Franklin. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-09-18. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #347. |
| Key words | Franklinite, Zincite, New Jersey |
| Tech details | 679 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera, 60mm Nikon AF micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1556 |
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