| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Utah > Bixbyite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 43609 |
| Mineral: | Bixbyite |
| Locality: | Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah (Type Locality for Bixbyite) |
| Description: | Black cubic crystals of lustrous bixbyite on white rhyolite matrix with a few brookite microcrystals. The bixbyite crystals have sawtooth-like edge patterns, the result of twinned corner faces repeatedly forming along the edge. |
| Overall Size: | 4x3x2 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 5 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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