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Hematite & Biotite

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Hematite & Biotite

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Cervandone Area, Devero Alp, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.4 × 2.2 cm
Description

a complex, blocky, metallic crystal of hematite with several platy biotite crystals on gneiss

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Biotite

Group Parent: 
Mica Group