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Magnetite

Unknown Owner
From a find in early 2023, and extremely large sharp semi lustrous crystal of magnetite without matrix. Incredibly impressive for the crystal size on this, the condition is super. This find must represent the finest largest crystals known for the species.

Product details

Species
MagnetiteAbout Magnetite →
SizeCabinet
Dimensions13.0 x 13.0 x 8.0 cm
Added on10/25/2024
Locality
China, Inner Mongolia, Huanggang MineRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
05/2026Unknown Owner$5,000.00
—Weinrich MineralsNot disclosed

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Magnetite
Mineral guide
Learn about Magnetite
iconic magnetic iron oxide with crisp octahedral crystals, mirror luster on matrix, and coveted Huanggang (Inner Mongolia) specimens for collectors
Magnetite
Regional guide
Magnetite from Huanggang Mine, China
Huanggang magnetite sits at the intersection of two collector worlds: robust iron-skarn ore and highly aesthetic Chinese display minerals. The best pieces are not merely heavy black iron-ore specimens; they are sharply geometric, metallic to submetallic crystals from a mineral system famous for quartz, calcite, fluorite, ilvaite, arsenopyrite, löllingite, helvine-genthelvite-series minerals, scheelite, and a long list of skarn associates. On fine specimens the magnetite reads as architectural: blocky black faces, cubic-to-octahedral forms, and, in the strongest examples, a single dominant crystal rising from white calcite, clear to milky quartz, and minor fluorite.