A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Bauxite |
|---|---|
| Description | Bauxite is a mixture of various aluminum oxides and hydroxides, principally gibbsite, diaspore and boehmite. It often shows earth, pisolitic form as in this picture. Bauxite is a principal ore of aluminum. This sample is about 12 cm across. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-02-23. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #530. |
| Key words | bauxite, gibbsite, diaspore, boehmite, ore, aluminum |
| Tech details | 1.0 MB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 156 |
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