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Ilmenite On Quartz

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Ilmenite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Upper Cavrein Alp, Gronda da Cavrein Valley, Surselva, Grisons, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6 × 3 cm
Description

Beautiful and lustrous, sharp ilmenite crystals groups on a beautiful cluster on smoky quartz crystals with chlorite inclusions.

Rare specimen from Armin Wendland collection - acquired 1990

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...

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White