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Bixbyite & Hematite Psm Almandine

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Bixbyite & Hematite Psm Almandine

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Description
Locality: 
Maynard's Mine, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm
Description

You are bidding on a very cute little sample with two bulbous mounds of hematite pseudomorph after almandine hosting numerous sharp bixbyite cubes. A few of the cubes have small dings, but do not detract from the aesthetics of this little thumbnail. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bixbyite

Formula: 
Mn3+2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Maynard's claim (Pismire Knolls), Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA...

Hematite

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

Almandine

Formula: 
Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
7.0 - 7.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Alabanda, Aydin Province, Aegean Region, Turkey

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