A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Picotite |
|---|---|
| Description | Picotite, (Mg,Fe)(Al,Fe,Cr)204, is a chromium rich variety of spinel, which is brown or greenish-brown. Picotite occurs in the form of black grains and crystals in certain olivine rocks and in serpentine. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ San Bernardino |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-09-26. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #415. |
| Key words | Picotite, California |
| Tech details | 1.02 MB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1573 |
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