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Bixbyite

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Bixbyite

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Description
Locality: 
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

A bright, lustrous Bixbyite crystal on a Rhyolite matrix. It is quite a good size measuring up to 5mm on edge and there are a few smaller crystals dotted through theh matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bixbyite

Formula: 
Mn3+2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Maynard's claim (Pismire Knolls), Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA...