A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Siderite From Cornwall, England |
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| Description | Siderite, FeCO3 (iron carbonate), rarely forms large crystals. More typically it is massive or in aggregates of fine crystals as seen here. Siderite is the iron equivalent of calcite. This specimen is 6 cm across. |
| Location | England. Near Cornwall. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-19. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #689. |
| Key words | siderite, England |
| Tech details | 710 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 800 |
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