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Clinohumite & Ilmenite

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Clinohumite & Ilmenite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojén, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.5 × 5 cm
Description

Very good specimen with gemmy brown clinohumite crystals and lustrous ilmenite crystals on matrix.

Beautiful specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clinohumite

Formula: 
Mg9(SiO4)4F2
Strunz: 
9.AF.55
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

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...