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Ilmenite

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Ilmenite

Ex W E Baker Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Valberget Quarry, Kjorholt, Brevik, Porsgrunn, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 4 × 7.5 cm
Description

A single terminated hoppered Ilmenite crystal from Valbegret Quarry.

This crystal has come from a decomposed cavity and had grown almost flat across the matrix, there is a superficial clay mineral coating on the crystal still colouring depressions in the crystal.

An interesting and well formed hoppered crystal.

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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