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Ilmenite

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Description
Locality: 
Radobýl, Litomerice, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 5 × 2.5 cm
Description

An old-time example of basalt showing xenomorphous inclusions of Ilmenite (Iserin).

Radobýl is a basalt hill in České středohoří mountains, Czech Republic. It rises above village of Žalhostice on right bank of the Elbe River 3 km west of Litoměřice. Part of the hill with abandoned basalt quarry and rich rock steppe flora is under protection as Radobýl Nature Monument (Přírodní památka Radobýl).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ilmenite

Formula: 
Fe2+TiO3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...