A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Ankerite from near Freiburg, Germany |
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| Description | This sample, abaout 12 cm across, contains small crystals of transparent ankerite. The specimen is actually upside down; the ankerite precipitated on stalactitic limestone. Ankerite's ideal formula is CaFe(CO3)2 but there is always a significant amount of magnesium amd manganese substitution for the iron. |
| Location | Germany. Near Freiberg. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-13. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #671. |
| Key words | ankerite, Germany |
| Tech details | 623 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 739 |
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