AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Canada > Titanite (twinned crystals) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 61216 |
Mineral: | Titanite (twinned crystals) |
Locality: | Bear Lake, near Tory Hill, Bancroft District, Ontario, Canada |
Description: | Large elongated twinned black titanite crystals with V-shaped terminations that are the reentrant crystal faces illustrating the twin plane. The surfaces of the titanite crystals are pitted where other minerals were included, but later dissolved away. |
Overall Size: | 5.5x3.5x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | 55 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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