A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Eglestonite from Redwood City, California |
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| Description | This sample containing yellow-brown eglestonite, Hg6Cl3O(OH), is from near Redwood City, California, USA. Eglestonite typically forms as an alteration product of other mercury minerals such as cinnabar. This specimen is about 4 cm in length. |
| Location | USA ▹ California |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-03-21. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #318. |
| Key words | englestonite, California |
| Tech details | 852 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 209 |
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