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Titanite (twinned crystals) from Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Titanite (twinned crystals) from Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Titanite (twinned crystals) from Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Titanite (twinned crystals) from Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Titanite (twinned crystals) from Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 65063
Mineral:Titanite (twinned crystals)
Locality:Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Lustrous transparent yellow-green titanite crystals on the edge of a plate of smaller titanite and fluorapatite crystals. The titanite crystals are contact-twinned on the {100} plane with V-shaped reentrant crystal faces indicating the twin plane.
Overall Size:30x25x16 mm
Crystals:1-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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