Ilmenite - Erongo Mountains, Namibia

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Ilmenite
MIM Museum
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Sharp-edged plates coated with an orange fine-grained mixture of iron and titanium oxides (most likely leucoxene), with smoky quartz crystals.

Origin: Erongo Mountains, Karibib District, Namibia

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