Ilmenorutile

  
Origin: David Mosiah, near Potosi, Bolivia
Sample size: 2 x 2 x 1.2 cm with tiny dark red crystals less than 0.75mm on apatite (?)
 
  
Ilmenorutile in albite
Origin: Slocum quarry, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, United States
Ex. Kidwell collection
Sample size: 3 x 4 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Grey metallic platy crystals in feldspar matrix\
Origin: Maguire Pegmatite, South Platte District, Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.5 x 4 cm
 
Origin: Lueshe, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Sample size: 1.7 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

Origin: Dome Rock, South Australia, Australia
Sample size: unknown
Sample owner: Steve Sorrell
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Steve Sorrell

Crocoite.com

 

  
  
Origin: Ambatofotsikely, Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar
Ex Jean Behier and George Elling collections
Sample size: 2.6 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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