A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Spodumene from the Hugo Mine, Black Hills, South Dakota |
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| Description | Spodumene (LiAlSi2O6) is an ore mineral of lithium. It can be a major rock forming mineral in Li-rich granites and pegmatites. This sample, from near Keystone, South Dakota, is about 7 cm across. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Precambrian |
| Location | USA ▹ South Dakota. Near Keystone. The Hugo Mine. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-04-24. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1349. |
| Key words | kunzite, South Dakota |
| Tech details | 669 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 401 |
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