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Magnetite

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Description
Locality: 
Lombadas, Ribeira Grande, São Miguel Island, Azores District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Group of nice magnetite crystals associated to sanidine.

From the Monte Escuro quarry near Lombadas.

Collected: 
2014
Boxed with Label
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