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Ilvaite

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MIM Museum
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Massive block of hedenbergite topped with greenish quartz crystals in the midldle of which 6 ilvaite crystals have developed, including 2 made of multiple crystals; the faces are lustrous and the terminations polysynthetic and sharp.

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Species
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Added on11/10/2024
Locality
China, Inner Mongolia, Hexigten Banner

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