Complex Ilmenite Crystal

Complex Ilmenite Crystal from Kragero Ilmenite Mine, Frederikstad, Oslofjorden, Telemark, Norway

Collection

John Betts - Fine Minerals

Description

Large complex Ilmenite crystal nicely exposed on the top of gray matrix with smaller Ilmenites on the rear. The main Ilmenite crystal shows a distorted fracture that resulted from metamorphism, before it was frozen in matrix. Ex. John A. Rorer, Jr. collection #106; Ex. Wards

Locality

Kragero Ilmenite Mine, Frederikstad, Oslofjorden, Telemark, Norway

Dimensions

4.5 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm.


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