A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Magnesium metal |
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| Description | This is a specimen of (synthetic) dendritic magnesium. In its pure form, magnesium is a light silver-white metallic element that is malleable and ductile. It is quite stable in dry air, but may oxidize/tarnish in moist air. Magnesium is not known to exist as a native element (it oxidized too quickly); this specimen was manufactured. It is 7 cm across. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-26. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #8. |
| Key words | magnesium, dendrite |
| Tech details | 437 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 871 |
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