A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Smithsonite and Limonite |
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| Description | The light green material is smithsonite, the rusty orange is limonite. Smithsonite is ZnCO3 (zinc carbonate). It is a carbonate that generally has a silky to pearly luster giving natural specimens a play of light that resembles the fine luster of melted wax glowing under a candle flame. Limonite (the orange material) is not a true mineral but a mixture of hydrated iron oxide minerals. Most of limonite is made up of goethite FeO(OH). This sample is 11 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Missouri ▹ Newton. Near Granby. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-18. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #698. |
| Key words | smithsonite, limonite, Missouri |
| Tech details | 888 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 749 |
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