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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 cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.3 × 4 cm
Description

Named in honor to Maynard Bixby (1853-1935), prospector, miner, mine broker, author, explorer of the Thomas Range, and mineral dealer of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, who collected and provided the first specimens. A cubic crystal, aerial, on a matrix of rhyolite. The Bixbyite shows octahedral faces on its corners and along edges. The faces are highly lustrous. No significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
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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...