Datolite Photos Cochise College
Photos of Minerals
Virtual Geology Museum Hall of Minerals
Datolite Photos Roger Weller, geology instructor
wellerr@cochise.edu copyright 2008-R.Weller
massive datolite-polished
northern Michigan
Datolite is a hydrous
calcium boron silicate often associated with zeolites in basalt.
The datolite from northern Michigan occurs as cryptocrystalline fillings within gas
bubble holes in
basalt (amygdules). The most common color of the Michigan
datolites is white but they be colored
various shades of grayish pink by
inclusions of microscopic-sized flakes of native copper.
datolite
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non-commercial educational uses.
Just credit photo to R.Weller/Cochise College.