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Ilmenite

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Ilmenite

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Locality: 
Kragerø, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 7.8 × 5.5 cm
Description

A 2.8 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm old-time ilmenite crystal with sharp edges, complex crystalform and with reddish colour (thin hematite coating due to surface alteration) is embedded in a dark green amphibole rock. A superb example from this old classic locality.

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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