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Biotite

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Biotite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 9 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
6.00cm
Weight: 
442.00gr
Description

Another specimen from the oddities' department: An indistinct crystal of odenite (an old synonym for biotite) in quartz-feldspar matrix.

A goodie for all collectors of historic scandinavian specimens and an important historical and scientific specimen, comes with very beautiful hand-written Isaac Walker label, dated 1833! The label means: 'Odenite, a mica said to contain a new metal odenium'.

The 'H' letter is a code for specimens with origin John Henry Heuland collection, the symbols bottom-left are a price code.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Biotite

Group Parent: 
Mica Group

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