Mineral: Ilvaite with Quartz
Locality: Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Dimensions: 5.5 x 7 x 7.5 cm / main crystal: 7.4 cm

Description: Mass: 117 g MIM number: 1345 Two very lustrous parallel crystals with perfectly well terminated and sharp terminations, transpierced by colorless quartz crystals (the largest of which measures 5.6 cm). Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publications: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2012", "China II, Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten"

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