Ilvaite, Elba Island, Italy.

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Beautiful piece of well-crystallized ilvaite from the Isle of Elba in Italy, where the type locality for this mineral species is located.

Ilvaite, from the Latin Ilva, the former name of the island of Elba, is an iron-calcium sorosilicate frequently associated with pyrite, goethite and hematite and found in mineral deposits associated with contact metamorphism.

  • Description

    Description

    Beautiful piece of well-crystallized ilvaite from the Isle of Elba in Italy, where the type locality for this mineral species is located.

    Ilvaite, from the Latin Ilva, the former name of the island of Elba, is an iron-calcium sorosilicate frequently associated with pyrite, goethite and hematite and found in mineral deposits associated with contact metamorphism.

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  • Additional information

    Additional information

    Weight 0,48 kg
    Dimensions 9,5 × 8 × 4,5 cm