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Ilvaite

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Two large, intact, very lustrous, black polysynthetic crystals rising from a massive hedenbergite matrix sprinkled with greenish quartz points; a smaller side ilvaite crystal has grown at the base of the larger crystal.

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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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