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Magnetite from Cerro Huañaquino, NW of Potosí, Potosí Department, Bolivia

 
Magnetite from Cerro Huañaquino, NW of Potosí, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Magnetite from Cerro Huañaquino, NW of Potosí, Potosí Department, Bolivia

DESCRIPTION:No. 53210
Mineral:Magnetite
Locality:Cerro Huañaquino, NW of Potosí, Potosí Department, Bolivia
Description:Lustrous black-metallic octahedral magnetite crystals to 9 mm on tan-colored albite-microcline crystals to 0.5 mm coating one face of porphyry matrix.
Overall Size:4.5x3x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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