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Hematite & Tilasite

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Hematite & Tilasite

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Cervandone Area, Devero Alp, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm
Description

a blocky, metallic hematite crystal on gneiss with some pink tilasite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

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

Tilasite

Formula: 
CaMg(AsO4)F
Strunz: 
8.BH.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden