A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Potosi Dolomite, from near Potosi, Missouri |
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| Description | Dolomite is a name used for a specific mineral, CaMg(CO3)2, and also for a rock (such as the one shown) that is composed primarily of that mineral. The Potosi Dolomite (shown here) is a Cambrian-aged formation that crops out (or exists in the subsurface) in much of the south-central United States. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Cambrian |
| Lithostratigraphy | Potosi Dolomite |
| Location | USA ▹ Missouri ▹ Washington. Near Potosi. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-05-21. |
| Collection | Ward’s University Rock Collection #162. |
| Key words | dolomite, Potosi Dolomite, Missouri |
| Tech details | 1.05 MB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 495 |
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