A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Chalcopyrite and sphalerite on dolomite, from Joplin, Missouri |
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| Description | This sample, 11 cm across, is mostly flesh colored dolomite. It is coated with small scattered grains of golden chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) and dark reddish brown sphalerite (ZnS). This sample comes from the famous lead-zinc mining district near Joplin, Missouri. |
| Location | USA ▹ Missouri. Near Joplin. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-07-02. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #117. |
| Key words | calcopyrite, shalerite, dlomite, Missouri |
| Tech details | 742 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 976 |
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