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Wüstite & Maghemite

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Description
Locality: 
Masca Băişoara, Cluj County, Romania
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.6 × 0.2 cm
Description

Very interesting specimen of two rarely seen iron minerals - Wüstite & Maghemite. This is, in fact, part of Mocs meteorite (Gyulatelke meteorite) feld in 3.02.1882 in village of Mocs (Romania). Mocs meteorite is ordinary L5-6 chondrite with TKW of 300 kg. Analyzed!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wüstite

Formula: 
FeO
Strunz: 
4.AB.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Scharnhausen, Ostfildern, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Maghemite

Formula: 
Fe3+2O3
Strunz: 
4.BB.15
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Bushveld Complex, South Africa

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