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Titanite

Dan Behnke collection
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Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.6 × 0.9 cm
Description

HEAVILY ILLUSTRATED!! You are bidding on what is most likely the most famous titanite sample from Mont Saint Hilaire. This sample, with it's perfect, sharp 3mm titanite crystal is illustrated in the famous Mineralogical Record issue on Mont Saint Hilaire, but also in the Encyclopedia of Mineral Record edition 1990, as well as in the Photo Atlas of Minerals 2007. Comes with Dan's original four slides and index card. A true micro treasure! 

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Titanite occurrence, Hauzenberg, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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