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Methane hydrate-I

Large Methane hydrate-I Image

Mineral:

Methane hydrate-I: 46(H2O)·2(S)·6(L)

Comments:

Yellow to white outcropping of massive methane hydrate infested with 2 to 5 cm polychaete worms (Hesiocoeca sp), AKA "ice worms".

Location:

540 meters deep in the Gulf of Mexico.

Scale:

Picture size 30 cm.

Copyright:

© Charles Fisher / Penn State

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