Mineral: Magnetite on Halite
Locality: Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 5.5 cm / main crystal: 2.8 cm.
Description: Mass: 132 g
MIM number: 1394
Intact, lustrous black cubic crystal showing the faces of a tetrahexahedron, topped by a small cubic crystal and on a white matrix sprinkled with small white halite and magnetite crystals.
Photographer: AINU / Alessandro Clemenza;
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