Wollastonite Photos          
Cochise College               
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

wellerr@cochise.edu    copyright 2008-R.Weller

 
wollastonite skarn-4
still closer view
Willsboro, New York
Wollastonite is CaSiO₃
Wollastonite is calcium silicate.  It is a contact metamorphic mineral produced by a
magma in contact with a limestone.  It is usually colorless, white or gray.  The small
dark dots are garnets.
 

wollastonite
Photo is copyright free for non-commercial educational uses.
Just credit photo to R.Weller/Cochise College.