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Ilvaite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Laxey Mine, South Mountain, Owyhee County, Idaho, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2 × 1.7 cm
Description

Lustrous black ilvaite crystals, nicely terminated, on a matrix of crystallized quartz. A classic specimen from the Laxey mine, that produced the best ilvaite specimens in the USA.

Ex Wilfred Moorer (1945-2015) specimen #2382, who got it as gift from Victor Yount in 1975.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

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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