| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Russia > Ilvaite on Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 74688 |
| Mineral: | Ilvaite on Calcite |
| Locality: | Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia |
| Description: | Sparkling cluster of many lustrous black ilvaite crystals on tan-colored calcite. At first glance the ilvaite crystals appear to be octahedral form, but are actually very short prisms dominated by {011} faces. Collected ca. 1990 |
| Overall Size: | 5.5x5x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-8 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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