A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Amphibolite, Soudan Mine, Minnesota |
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| Description | This rock contains mostly hornblende and plagioclase, with lesser amounts of biotite. However, the minerals are very hard to identify in hand specimen because the grain size is too small. This sample is 10 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Minnesota. Near Soudan. Minnesota's Iron Range. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-04-26. |
| Collection | Ward’s University Rock Collection #195. |
| Key words | amphibolite, Minnesota, Soudan Mine |
| Tech details | 679 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera, 60mm Nikon AF micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 433 |
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