A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Chamosite with pyrite |
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| Description | Chamosite is an iron aluminum silicate hydroxide mineral of the chlorite group. It is found in metamorphosed iron deposits. Chamosite's chemical formula is (Fe,Mg,Fe)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH,O)8. It was named after its locality in Chamoson, Rhone Valley, Switzerland. |
| Location | Germany. Near Turingia. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2002-02-10. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1418. |
| Key words | chamosite, silicate, chlorite group, switzerland |
| Tech details | 575 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2328 |
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