A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Silver-lead ore |
|---|---|
| Description | This sample (12 cm across) contains silver-bearing galena (gray conspicuous mineral) and fine grained native silver. Although native silver is the “ideal” silver ore mineral, most silver today comes from other minerals in which it is only a minor component. |
| Location | Canada. Great Bear Lake. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-06-26. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #2205. |
| Key words | silver-lead ore, silver, lead, ore, canada |
| Tech details | 795 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 905 |
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