A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Partzite from Mona County in California |
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| Description | Partzite is a copper antimony oxy-hydroxide, near to Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7 in composition, formed by weathering of copper-antimony sulfosalts. It is generally bluish to olive green, and (as in this specimen) tarnishes black. This specimen is about 7 cm. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ Mona |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-03-06. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #581. |
| Key words | Partzite, California |
| Tech details | 883 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 175 |
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