A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Native platinum |
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| Description | This is a sample of platinum ore from Africa. The platinum is disseminated as small very hard to see dark colored specks in a white carbonate host. The sample is 5 cm across. |
| Location | South Africa ▹ Transvaal ▹ Zwartsfonstein |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-25. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #57. |
| Key words | platinum, platinum ore, Africa, Zwartsfonstein |
| Tech details | 591 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 869 |
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