Tabular Ilmenite Group

Tabular Ilmenite Group from Miass (Miask), Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia

Collection

Robert Lavinsky

Description

An outstanding tabular group of large parallel-growth crystals, with vitreous and attractive chocolate luster. Few documented specimens from this important classic old locality survive today. Ex. American Museum of Natural History, Clarence Bement collection, donated in 1910.

Locality

Miass (Miask), Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia

Dimensions

4.5 x 4.3 x 1.5 cm.

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