A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Barite and quartz from Potosi, Missouri, USA |
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| Description | The bladed mineral is barite (BaSO4). The barite is actually white, but it is stained red by iron oxide on outside surfaces. The fine grained material around the edges of the sample is quartz (SiO2). |
| Location | USA ▹ Missouri ▹ Washington. Near Potosi. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-06-04. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #892. |
| Key words | barite, quartz, Missouri |
| Tech details | 890 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 580 |
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