A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Sanbornite from Incline, California |
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| Description | This sample of sanbornite is from the Incline sanbornite deposit, Trumball Peak, near Incline, California, USA. Sanbornite, BaSi2O5, is a rare phyllosilicate (mica-like) mineral. It is one of the few known barium minerals. (More common barium minerals are barite and witherite.) The sample also contains some small crystals of red gillespite, BaFeSi4O10. It is about 7 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ Mariposa. Near Incline. Trumbull Peak. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-03-28. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1224. |
| Key words | sanbornite, California |
| Tech details | 566 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 277 |
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