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Magnetite

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro Huañaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
8 × 12 × 3.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Rich, metallic black, highly lustrous, octahedral magnetite crystals, up to 13 mm on edge, on matrix from the locality Cerro Huañaquino, Potosí, Bolivia. One of the crystals show contact on its face, other than that the crystals show almost no visible damage. The specimen is really aesthetic. 

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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