A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Native arsenic from the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia |
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| Description | This sample, 8 cm across, contains gray native arsenic in a calcite host. Arsenic is one of the few elements that exists as a mineral in its native state. Native arsenic is usually fairly pure, but typically contains some antimony. On a fresh or preserved surface, arsenic has a tin-white color, but quickly tarnishes dark gray when exposed to air. Native arsenic and native antimony have nearly identical appearances and occurrences. In many instances, the only way to tell them apart is by conducting complex scientific tests. |
| Location | Canada ▹ British Columbia. Alden Island, N. of Burnaby Island, Queen Charlotte Island. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-27. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #48. |
| Key words | arsenic, British Columbia, Canada |
| Tech details | 808 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 910 |
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