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Columbite-(Fe) on Albite var. Cleavelandite from Rutherford Mine, Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia

 
Columbite-(Fe) on Albite var. Cleavelandite from Rutherford Mine, Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia

Columbite-(Fe) on Albite var. Cleavelandite from Rutherford Mine, Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia

Columbite-(Fe) on Albite var. Cleavelandite from Rutherford Mine, Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia

Columbite-(Fe) on Albite var. Cleavelandite from Rutherford Mine, Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia

DESCRIPTION:No. 57636
Mineral:Columbite-(Fe) on Albite var. Cleavelandite
Locality:Rutherford Mine, Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia
Description:Large 22 mm lustrous black tabular columbite crystal in a crevice in an intersecting mass of platy translucent white cleavelandite variety of albite feldspar crystals to 55 mm. A small fragment is missing on the edge of the columbite crystal. Collected in June 1949 by Ned Blandford
Overall Size:11x9x5 cm
Crystals:5-55 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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