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Magnetite

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Description
Locality: 
María Mine, Baños de Gilico, Cehegín, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.3 × 5.3 × 4.2 cm
Weight: 
239.00gr
Description

Crust of black interlocked magnetite crystals with rhombododecahedral faces, modified by triangular octahedra, richly covering the ophite matrix. Lustrous representative specimen for the locality.

Self-collected in 1995.

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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