A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Graphite schist |
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| Description | This is a sample of a highly altered graphite schist. Most of the dark colored material seen is graphite; the ochre colored material is limonite (iron oxide hydroxide). Graphite is common but usually exists as a very minor mineral component of a rock. It is mined from veins and use to make lubricants and pencil “lead” and for other indusrial purposes. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-27. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1748. |
| Key words | graphite |
| Tech details | 976 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 917 |
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