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Magnetite

Ex G. Garbari, ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Traversella Mine, Traversella, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
8 × 10 × 5 cm
Description

An exceptionally beautiful ore specimen consisting of many distinct magnetite layers embedded in white calcite. Strongly magnetic. Comes with old label of the italian enterpriser and collector Guiseppe Garbari (1863-1937, Trento, Italy). Probably from the time around 1890-1900.
Weight: 495 grams

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magnetite

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

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