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Batiferrite On Magnetite

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Description
Locality: 
Graulay Quarry, Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm
Description

Tabular batiferrite crystals covering a core of octahedral magnetite, with greenish pyroxene and colorless to white fluorapatite. FOV 1.3 and 0.85 mm.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Batiferrite

Formula: 
Ba[Ti2Fe3+8Fe2+2]O19
Strunz: 
4.CC.45
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Löhley (Liley; Meerfeld Quarry; Slabik Quarry; Scheerer Quarry), Üdersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Magnetite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Black

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