A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Galena with malachite and anglesite, from Butte, Montana |
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| Description | This sample contains gray galena (PbS) coated with greenish malachite, Cu2(CO3)(OH)2. The yellow-white material on top of the specimen is mostly anglesite (PbSO4). Minor jarosite and barite are also present but difficult to see in this photo. The sample is 11 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Montana. Near Butte. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-27. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #147. |
| Key words | galena, anglesite, jarosite, calcite, barite, malachite, Montana |
| Tech details | 817 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 927 |
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