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Multiple photos availableCordierite : (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18

Rocky Valley Reservoir, Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia

A fragment of cordierite from Falls Creek. The crystal was found in situ in a piece of migmatite leucosome. Large, inclusion free crystals of cordierite are rare in Victoria, as they are most common in metapelites and are usually retrogressed. Fresh cordierites occur in ignimbrites in eastern Victoria, but are typically very small. Being in the ...
 © Ryan EaglePhoto ID: 227015    View Count: 175

Cordierite : (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18

Virgolândia, Coroaci, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Violet etched cordierite crystal. Size: 14 x 22 x 4 mm
Photo and collection Antonio Borrelli
 © Antonio BorrelliPhoto ID: 35666    View Count: 449

Cordierite : (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18

Virgolândia, Coroaci, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

A 2.4 by 1.2 cms light purple thumbnail crystal, etched in a pegmatite cavity, that is completely transparent. Sobolewski specimen and photograph.
 © John SobolewskiPhoto ID: 58353    View Count: 326

Multiple photos availableCordierite : (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18

Virgolândia, Coroaci, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Iolite sample with 2,5cm - March of 2007
 © Martins da PedraPhoto ID: 94306    View Count: 289

Cordierite : (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18

Virgolândia, Coroaci, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Gemmy Cordierite
Size: 1,4 x 1,2 cm

Collection and photo: Arliguie M

 © Arliguie MPhoto ID: 95530    View Count: 235

Cordierite : (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18

Virgolândia, Coroaci, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Geme Iolite sample with 1,5cm - March of 2007
 © Martins da PedraPhoto ID: 94308    View Count: 144

Multiple photos availableCordierite : (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18

Virgolândia, Coroaci, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

Cordierite. Vasco Trancoso collection and photo. Size: 1.5x0.7x0.4 cm. From Coroaci a nice etched floater, light violet/blue gemmy crystal almost transparent when against light (please see child photo).
 © vasco trancosoPhoto ID: 236362    View Count: 84

Cordierite : (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18, Anhydrite : CaSO4, Chalcopyrite : CuFeS2

Ruttan Mine, Manitoba, Canada

Cordierite is one of those species condemned to exist in only ugly specimens of largely crude crystals. Here, however, from a locality I hadn't even heard of before, we have a wild exception to the trend! These robust crystals to 1.2 cm in size have a jet black color, waxy lustre, and excellent crystal form! They are embedded and partially ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 20270    View Count: 540

Cordierite : (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18

Granite outcrop, Manzat, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France

Single crystals

Size: 1,3 cm max
Collection and photo: Arliguie M
 © Arliguie MPhoto ID: 197275    View Count: 185

Cordierite : (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18

Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

View 1x1 mm
 © Luigi MatteiPhoto ID: 224595    View Count: 86
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