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Humite & Ilmenite

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Humite & Ilmenite

William Henderson collection
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Locality: 
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small matrix specimen with many rough crystals of humite with nice, sharp ilmenite plates. Humite is quite rare at Franklin.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Humite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)7(SiO4)3(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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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