Stacked Octahedral Magnetite
Collection
Hershel Friedman
Description
A crystallized piece of Magnetite from an old abandoned iron mine in the Ramapo Mountains of New York. Most of the iron ore mined in the region is massive and ugly - one rarely sees crystallized examples like this one. The crystals are stacked octahedrons with cleavage markings and is associated with dark green Diopside in a Calcite/marble matrix.
Locality
Hogencamp Mine, Ramapo Mountains, Orange Co., New York
Dimensions
10 x 10 x 7.5 cm.
Photograph
© Hershel Friedman - all rights reserved.
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