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Magnetite & Albite

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Magnetite & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Wallhorn Alp, Timmelbach, Prägraten, Virgen Valley, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

Sharp magnetite octahedrons with albite from a titanite cleft at wallhontörl south slope. Covering calcite was removréd with acetic acid. Collected in 1969.

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

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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