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Ilmenite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Aldgate Mine, Aldgate, Mount Lofty Range, South Australia, Australia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 7 × 2 cm
Weight: 
100.00gr
Description

Piece of Aldgate sandstone with bands of ilmenite. From basal beds of the South Australian lower Cambrian, thus around 0.5 billion of years old. Aldgate is 12 miles east of Adelaide.

Comes with copy of old label - as oftenly, there was only one label supplied for two or more specimen in a box...
An interesting geological sample.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ilmenite

Formula: 
Fe2+TiO3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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