Magnetite

Item Description

Typically the Magnetite specimens from this locality are closely grown together, and this is a great example of said material. The best of these pieces are some of the finest quality crystals I've seen from any locality. The piece has excellent quality, razor sharp, lustrous, black, metallic, "Alpine-type" octahedra (some are twinned) on matrix. The largest Magnetite crystal measures 0.8 cm across, which is decent size for the locality. This is one of the better quality specimens of this material that I've offered from this locality in a while, and most of the crystals are undamaged. Keep in mind, that there are no other localities producing Magnetites of this quality today, and there are few localities in the world that have ever produced Magnetite like this. Though this species is well known to collectors, it is remarkably difficult to obtain such well crystallized, highly displayable large thumbnail-sized specimens as this one.