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Bixbyite & Pseudobrookite

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Bixbyite & Pseudobrookite

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Description
Locality: 
Beryllium Virgin Claim, Paramount Canyon, Sierra County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm
Weight: 
5.00gr
Description

Rhyolite matrix with vugs containing dark grey cubic bixbyite crystals and a nice single pseudobrookite crystal.

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...

Pseudobrookite

Formula: 
Fe2TiO5
Strunz: 
4.CB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
Uroi Hill (Arany Hill), Simeria, Hunedoara Co., Romania

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