Ilvaite, Quartz

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Ilvaite with quartz, 5 cm, from the Laxey mine, South Mountain, Owyhee County, Idaho. Self-collected (1961); Ron Wolf photo.

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SpeciesIlvaite, Quartz
SizeMiniature
Dimensions5.0 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityUSA, Idaho, Laxey Mine
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In California page 288

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Mineral guide
Learn about Ilvaite
black sorosilicate with sharp, glossy prisms and metallic sheen; forms in iron-rich skarns with quartz and calcite; Elba, Dalnegorsk.
Regional guide
Ilvaite from Laxey Mine
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