A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Titanite (sphene) from Eganville in Renfrew County, Ontario |
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| Description | Titanite (sphene), CaTiSiO5, is often an accessory mineral in igneous and metamorphic rocks. Generally it exists as quite small grains. Large specimens, such as this one from a pegmatite near Eganville, Ontario, are occasionally found. Quartz also can be seen. This sample is about 6.5 cm across. |
| Location | Canada ▹ Ontario ▹ Renfrew. Near Enganville. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-03-26. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #4413. |
| Key words | sphene, titanite, Ontario, Canada |
| Tech details | 817 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 264 |
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