A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Calcite with drusy pyrite |
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| Description | These calcite crystals are speckled with pyrite, an iron sulfide. Calcite (CaCO3) is used in cements and mortars, and the production of lime Limestone is used in the steel industry; glass industry, ornamental stone, chemical and optical uses and as mineral specimens. This specimen is 9 cm across. |
| Location | Australia. Near Darby's End. |
| Photographer | Twyla Baker. 2001-06-28. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection. |
| Key words | calcite, pyrite, Australia |
| Tech details | 434 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 943 |
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