Red Chondrodite Grains in Magnetite

Red Chondrodite Grains in Magnetite from Palabora Mine, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Collection

John Betts - Fine Minerals

Description

Lustrous transparent brownish-red Chondrodite crystals to 2 mm with striated cubo-octahedral black Magnetite crystals to 4 mm on translucent gray Calcite crystals to 5 mm with many Magnetite microcrystals. Ex. David U. Trevas (1912 - 2007).

Locality

Palabora Mine, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Dimensions

7.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm.


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