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Ilvaite On Quartz

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Ilvaite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Laxey Mine, South Mountain, Owyhee County, Idaho, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 9.2 × 4.5 cm
Description

Nimerous lusterous black ilvaite crystals to 0.8 cm with colourless transparent quartz crystals. the contrast between the black ilvaite and the pale matrix and quartz is very aesthetic

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ilvaite

Formula: 
CaFe2+2Fe3+(Si2O7)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BE.07
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Torre di Rio - Santa Filomena area (Monte della Torre), Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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