A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Siderite with quartz from Roxbury Connecticut |
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| Description | Siderite (the brown mineral) is varies from brown, green, or gray to black and occurs in massive and crystalline form. A carbonate of iron, FeCO3, it serves as an iron ore, especially in the British Isles. It is widely distributed, being found also in the United States, Europe, South America, and Australia. Here we see it with quartz. |
| Location | USA ▹ Connecticut. Near Roxbury. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-20. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #709. |
| Key words | siderite, quartz, Connecticut |
| Tech details | 640 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 807 |
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