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Bixbyite - Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA (#:MINS7801)

Nice Bixbyite crystals shiny, evident on the riolite's matrix, cubic with octahedron's faces measuring 6.5 mm wide.

Formula :
Ca2(Fe2+,Mn2+)Fe3+[Si5O14(OH)]

System: triclinic Hardness:5½-6 Rarity:not common
Strunz id:VIII/F.27-20 - SILICATES
Name origin: Named after Dr. William Babington (21 May 1756 - 29 April 1833), Irish physician and mineralogist, founding member and President (from 1822 to 1824) of the Geological Society of London.

Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:6.5 mm wide
Overall size: 28mm x 24 mm x 23 mm

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