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A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Strontianite from Hamm, Germany |
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| Description | Strontianite, SrCO3 (strontium carbonate), is one of the few minerals that contain strontium as an essential element. It is found as a low-temperature mineral in limestone and is also found as a gangue mineral in sulphide veins. It has occasionally been mined as a source of strontium. This specimen is 6 cm across. |
| Location | Germany ▹ Westphalia. Near Hamm. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-20. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #768. |
| Key words | strontianite, Germany |
| Tech details | 649 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 811 |
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