A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Antimony, Kern County, California |
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| Description | This is a sample of native antimony. When fresh it is silvery and metallic, but it quickly tarnishes when exposed to air. Without chemical tests, it cannot be distinguished from native arsenic. Native antimony is a minor ore of the element antimony (Sb). Most antimony comes from processing other minerals, such as stibnite, which are found in greater abundance. This sample is 5 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ Kern County |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-26. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #13. |
| Key words | antimony, California |
| Tech details | 416 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 890 |
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