Gallery of Magnetite Mineral Specimens
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Octahedral crystals of magnetite up to 1.8 cm across, on cream colored Feldspar crystals. Locality: Cerro Huañaquino, Potosí Department, Bolivia. Size: 8.4 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm.
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Unusual octahedral magnetite & chalcopyrite association, Aggeneys, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Size 7 x 6 x 4 cm.
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Red gem-like crystals of Chondrodite with magnetite, Tilly Foster mine, Brewster, New York USA. Size 2.8 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm.
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Unusual specular hematite pseudomorph after magnetite, from Payun Matru volcano, Reserva Provincial La Payunia, Argentina. Size: 11.8 x 5.6 x 4.4 cm.
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Metallic, jet black, complex cubes of magnetite, from ZCA Mine No. 4, Balmat-Edwards district, St. Lawrence County, New York USA. Field of view, about 4 cm.
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