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Ilvaite from Isola d'Elba, Tuscan Archipelago, Livorno, Italy (Type Locality for Ilvaite)

 
Ilvaite from Isola d'Elba, Tuscan Archipelago, Livorno, Italy (Type Locality for Ilvaite)

Ilvaite from Isola d'Elba, Tuscan Archipelago, Livorno, Italy (Type Locality for Ilvaite)

Ilvaite from Isola d'Elba, Tuscan Archipelago, Livorno, Italy (Type Locality for Ilvaite)

Ilvaite from Isola d'Elba, Tuscan Archipelago, Livorno, Italy (Type Locality for Ilvaite)

Ilvaite from Isola d'Elba, Tuscan Archipelago, Livorno, Italy (Type Locality for Ilvaite)

Ilvaite from Isola d'Elba, Tuscan Archipelago, Livorno, Italy (Type Locality for Ilvaite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 65328
Mineral:Ilvaite
Locality:Isola d'Elba, Tuscan Archipelago, Livorno, Italy (Type Locality for Ilvaite)
Description:Lustrous black elongated ilvaite crystals on limonite-stained brown matrix that appears to be an altered mineral, possibly hedenbergite. The ilvaite crystals are on two sides of the specimen. Ex. Irving Horowitz collection #2000
Overall Size:8x4x3.5 cm
Crystals:1-8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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