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Magnetite

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Description
Locality: 
Lofoten, Nordland, Norway
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.3 × 2.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.60cm
Description

A couple of interpenetrated magnetite crystals of octahedral form, covered by a crust of green phyllosilicates. They are not pseudomorphs because they are very magnetic.

Collected by J.Sibtsen in 1975-77. Ex Jan Sibtsen #2464.

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

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