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Zirconolite & Magnetite

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Zirconolite & Magnetite

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Description
Locality: 
Castellaccio di Petrignano, Vetralla, Vico Lake, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small and very aesthetic sample with a cluster of magnetite crystals hosting a chain of pseudohexagonal zirconolite-3O growing from the end. Very photogenic! Former William Henderson collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zirconolite

Formula: 
CaZrTi2O7
Strunz: 
4.DH.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhomibic, Monclinic, Trigonal, Metamict
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Afrikanda Massif, Afrikanda, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

Magnetite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Black

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