A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Lepidocrocite from Scranton Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota |
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| Description | The dark brown material is lepidocrocite, Fe(OH). It is often found with goethite, also FeO(OH) in iron ore deposits. The hydrous iron oxide -FeO(OH) forms when a material rusts under water. The color of Lepidocrocite can be yellow, brown, brownish red, red to black. Sometimes the crystals may be tarnished with iridescence colors and look much like hematite. Its name comes from the Greek lipis meaning “scale” and krokis meaning “fibre”. This sample is about 4 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Minnesota. Near Hibbing. Mesabi Iron Range. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-02-23. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #529. |
| Key words | lepidocrocite, goethite, minnesota |
| Tech details | 379 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 169 |
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