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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

DESCRIPTION:No. 82692
Mineral:Titanite (twinned crystals)
Locality:Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Lustrous transparent yellow-green titanite crystals with no matrix attached. The titanite crystals are contact-twinned on the {100} plane with V-shaped reentrant crystal faces down the front edge indicating the twin plane. Ex. Miller collection T3332; originally acquired in 1991 from S. Ulatowski
Overall Size:11x9x6 mm
Crystals:11 mm
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