A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Native bismuth from Tasna, Bolivia |
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| Description | Bismuth is a rare ore of the element bismuth. Spectacular samples are sold in rock shops, but they have been artificially regrown to produce interestingly hopper-like specimens. Bismuth is important as an alloy metal and in the electronics field. This specimen is 3 cm across. |
| Location | Bolivia. Near Tasna. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-26. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #25. |
| Key words | native bismuth, Bolivia |
| Tech details | 262 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 884 |
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