A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Gypsum replacing limestone, Silver Plains Mine, Manitoba, Canada |
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| Description | This sample shows pinkish gypsum (especially on the right side of the sample) replacing white calcite in a limestone. Replacement like this occurs when flowing groundwater is rich in sulfate. The specimen is 10 cm across. |
| Location | Canada ▹ Manitoba. Near Silver Plains Mine. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-05. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #780. |
| Key words | gypsum, Canada, Manitoba |
| Tech details | 862 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 626 |
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