Hercynite

Origin: Silberberg, Bodenmais, Bavaria, Germany
Sample size: 6 x 8 cm matrix
 
  
3-4 1 mm sized black poikiloblastic hercynite crystals with green phlogopite, monticellite, smaller magnetite crystals, apatite and andradite in carbonatite
Origin: Magnet Cove Carbonatite, Hot Springs Co., Arkansas, US.A.
Sample size: 4 x 4 cm
 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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