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Perovskite On Magnetite

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Perovskite On Magnetite

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Description
Locality: 
Rocca Sella, Almese, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
16.00gr
Description

Elegant miniature consisting of three interlocked perovskite crystals perched atop of a crude magnetite crystal. Perovskite is very lustrous and with the typical for the area lined faces. Magnetite also displays a good lustre. Some bruising and contacts.

Quite sculptural. Dated back to a few years ago.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Perovskite

Formula: 
CaTiO3
Strunz: 
4.CC.30
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Akhmatovskaya Kop' (Achmatovsk Mine), Nazyamskie Mts, Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Magnetite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Black

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