A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Tabular barite with calcite and pyrite, from Joplin, Missouri, USA |
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| Description | Large tan barite (BaSO4) tabs, some appearing pseudo-hexagonal, are embedded in finer white calcite, CaCO3. Pyrite crystals, FeS2, generally about 1 mm across are scattered in the sample. No provenance data is available except that it comes from Joplin, Missouri, USA. This photo is about 5 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Missouri. Near Joplin. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 2000. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection. |
| Key words | barite, calcite, pyrite, joplin, crystal, Missouri |
| Tech details | 218 KB. Hand specimen. Cannon A1 w/ macro, Provia ISO 100, E6. |
| GeoDIL number | 20 |
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