A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Embolite from Cornwall, England |
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| Description | The dark brown and yellow material is embolite. Although not officially approved as a mineral name, embolite is a name used for a silver bromide/chloride mineral having composition near Ag(Br,Cl). It is a secondary mineral that forms in the oxidized portions of silver deposits. This specimen, from Cornwall (England), is about 2 cm across. |
| Location | England ▹ Cornwall. Near Lands End. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-03-07. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #321. |
| Key words | embolite, silver, Cornwall, England |
| Tech details | 383 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 191 |
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