Mineral: Baddeleyite
Locality: Palabora Mine, Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Dimensions: 15 x 9.5 x 13.5 cm / main crystal: 10.5 cm

Description: Mass: 1904 g MIM number:1838 Large, shiny and well terminated black crystal rising off a matrix of carbonatite (most likely foskorite). This species very rarely provides crystals as large and well terminated. Photographer: FMI / James Elliott Publications: "Minerals of South Africa", "The Desmond Sacco Collection", "Rocks & Minerals Sep/Oct 2017" Ex collection Desmond Sacco (South Africa)

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