Rutile

Clicking on the images will display larger versions of the photos.

SEM backscattered electron image of rock flour from the FN survey near FN12 in the Southwestern Branch on the way to Big Sky camp. Sample contains predominantly quartz (Si, O on EDS analysis) with small inclusions of possible zirconium (O,Si,Zr) and rutile (Ti,Si,O). Photo by Spilde, Northup, and Boston.

Back to the corrosion residue page
Back to the SLIME team page