AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Idaho > Ilvaite on Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 72647 |
Mineral: | Ilvaite on Quartz |
Locality: | Laxey Mine, South Mountain District, Owyhee County, Idaho |
Description: | Several lustrous black ilvaite crystals in parallel orientation on fine-grained colorless quartz with later growth of non-parallel ilvaite crystals. The ilvaite crystals are prismatic form with four-sided pyramidal terminations. Collected ca. 1980 |
Overall Size: | 30x20x18 mm |
Crystals: | 2-20 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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