Titanite, Hematite
Gamsberg area, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
3.4 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm. The Gamsberg Area Alpine-cleft fissures are known more for rutile, quartz and some gemmy minerals, but the area has also produced some very fine titanites, such as this rare and showy combination miniature. A very nice, sharp, glassy, translucent, olive-green to olive-brown, low rhombohedral-looking titanite crystal is ...
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