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Hematite Psm Magnetite

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Hematite Psm Magnetite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Norway Iron Mine, Morgan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.2 × 0.8 cm
Description

Flattened crystal of magnetite completely replaced by hematite-goethite. It is a floater and undamaged “martite” from my own pseudomorphs collection, previously in the collection of Dr. Gerard Vogel. The Vogel’s catalog reads “Martite, Norway, (Utah)”, and was acquired in Tucson in 1974.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

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

Magnetite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Black

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