Detail View: Image Archives: Pearceite
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File Name:
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EGM.2247.jpg
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catalog number:
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EGM.2247
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collection:
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Geology
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title:
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Pearceite
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creator:
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Phil McCollum
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creator type:
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photographer
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creator:
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Clayton Powers
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creator type:
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creator of digital collection
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description:
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A rich silver ore specimen with a breccia vein containing white barite blades, black massive pearcite, vugs with late stage fine grained chalcopyrite, and microscopic well formed hexagonal plates of pearcite. The vein wallrock is a sericitized felsic intrusive with bright pink sericite from the Almaden Mine in the Central City District of Clear Creek County, Colorado.
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date:
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9/7/2007
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date type:
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date of photograph
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location:
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USA, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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modified:
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no
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format:
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Image/jpg
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file size:
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4.05MB
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source:
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Canon EOS 5D
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rights:
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Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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