A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Magnetite with garnet (andradite) from Willsboro, New York |
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| Description | Willsoboro, New York, is a well known mining area. Carbonate (marble) hosted ore deposits there contain many spectacular minerals. This specimen, 9 cm across, contains mostly silver-gray magnetite (Fe3O4) and reddish brown garnet. The garnet is anradite, Ca3Fe2Si3O12. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Precambrian |
| Geologic province | Grenville |
| Location | USA ▹ New York. Near Willsboro. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-27. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1179. |
| Key words | magnetite, andradite, Willsboro |
| Tech details | 742 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 928 |
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