Magnetite, Ilmenite, Clinochlore, Andradite
Santa Rita Mine, Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
Extremely shiny black Magnetite octahedrons, to 1.0 cm across, are on matrix associated with micro crystals of black Ilmenite, and yellow-golden Andradite Var. Topazolite crystals. The matrix is covered with a druse of extra sharp, translucent "chlorite green" color micro Clinochlore crystals. This specimen was actually collected upstream from ...
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