A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Zincite and franklinite |
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| Description | The red in this sample is zincite, ZnO (zinc oxide), with small flakes of dark franklinite, (Zn,Fe,Mn)(Fe,Mn)2O4 (zinc iron manganese oxide), at the boundary layer between the red and white minerals. Both are zinc ore minerals. |
| Location | USA ▹ New Jersey. Near Franklin. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-09-18. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #4221. |
| Key words | Zincite, Franklinite, New Jersey |
| Tech details | 686 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera, 60mm Nikon AF micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1559 |
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