A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Graphite in weathered schist |
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| Description | This sample of weathered schist (13 cm wide) contains a lot of graphite; the gray patch just right of the center is nearly 100% graphite. Graphite is a soft, crystalline form of native carbon. It is gray to black, opaque, and has a metallic luster. It is flexible but not elastic and its platy habit means it aligns with mica in this rock. Graphite occurs naturally in metamorphic rocks such as marble, schist (this sample), and gneiss. |
| Location | USA ▹ Minnesota |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-27. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #50. |
| Key words | graphite, schist, Minnesota |
| Tech details | 859 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 906 |
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