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Ilmenite

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Description
Locality: 
Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 6.5 × 3.7 cm
Description

Black lustrous crystals of ilmenite with some intergranular white quartz. The crystallization is good and a pseudoctahedral form can be recognized in the ilmenite. The specimen was bought by Dr Janssens in 1977 (N°345) and it is from the old mines of Sokndal (Norway). Materials from this locality are hard to find on the market nowadays.

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...

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