Riebeckite Root Name Group (Var: Crocidolite), Magnetite
Wittenoom Gorge Mine, Wittenoom Gorge, Wittenoom, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Bicolor, brick red to blue-gray, asbestiform, cross-fiber vein section of Riebeckite Var. Crocidolite 2.5 cm tall, 2.9 cm wide, and up to 0.6 cm thick, with a small amount of matrix on the top and base of the vein. Note the massive black Magnetite inclusion in the upper left corner of the specimen.
Personal collection of Sharon Cisneros.
© Eugene & Sharon Cisneros