44409: Epidote and Magnetite - $30 Maldin Koh, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan Miniature - 5.7 x 4.7 x 1.4 cm 59 grams Specimen status: Available Send an email with specimen number to order A dark green, tabular and lustrous
epidote crystal with a truncated diamond shape. Magnetic.
Based on their pseudo-octahedral morphology and (in some
cases) magnetic properties, these were originally though
to be epidote replacements of magnetite (pseudomorphs).
However subsequent work has disproved this, and shown the
magnetism is in fact due to microscopic magnetite
inclusions. When this material first hit the market about
a decade ago they were available in abundance. Now much
harder to find. Overall condition is very good.
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