A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Erythrite |
|---|---|
| Description | Erythrite, Co3(AsO4)2-8H20, is a pink to purple, powdery to acicular mineral. Its characteristic bright red-purple color is very noticable and was used to spot veins of cobalt-bearing ore. Erythrite, or “cobalt bloom” as it is called by miners, is a weathering product of cobalt-containing minerals such as cobaltite. |
| Location | Canada ▹ Ontario. Near Cobalt. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-10-05. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1045. |
| Key words | Erythrite, Ontario, Canada |
| Tech details | 494 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1612 |
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