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Magnesioferrite

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Magnesioferrite

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6.1 × 3.4 cm
Description

Black octahedral crystals of magnesioferrite of intense lustre in a quartz matrix. Good size specimen from Långban, a classic Swedish locality. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magnesioferrite

Formula: 
MgFe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Dark red
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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