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Magnetite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Cabezo Gordo, Torre-Pacheco, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm
Weight: 
97.00gr
Description

Here is a rarity seldom seen outside this region, a multitude of magnetite octahedra on a matrix of goethite. This deposit is located in a prehistoric deposit and today it is not allowed to look for more specimens, the deposit is closed.

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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