A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Kornerupine from Woldheim, Germany |
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| Description | The bladed mineral is kornerupine, Mg(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al,B)5O21(O,OH,F). It is in a sea of quartz that also contains small equant dark red garnets. Kornerupine is a rare mineral, sometimes prized as a gemstone (when it has an emerald green color). This sample from Woldheim, Germany, is about 5 cm across. |
| Location | Germany. Near Woldheim. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-03-28. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1198. |
| Key words | kornerupine, Germany, garnet, quartz |
| Tech details | 474 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 274 |
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