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Ilvaite

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Ilvaite

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Description
Locality: 
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Description

Single ilvaite crystal with perfect terminations and has a nature etching from quartz crystal on the top.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ilvaite

Formula: 
CaFe2+2Fe3+(Si2O7)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BE.07
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Torre di Rio - Santa Filomena area (Monte della Torre), Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Oriental Minerals