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Ferrosilite : Fe2[SiO3]2

Genna zinc smelter (slag locality), Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Ferrosilite prismatic crystals. Field 2 mm
Photo and Collection Christophe Boutry
 © C.BoutryPhoto ID: 158511    View Count: 130

Ferrosilite : Fe2[SiO3]2

In den Dellen quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Laach lake volcanic complex, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Width of field is 0.5 mm. Collection and photo Jesse Crawford. Compositing software CombineZP. Equipment: Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope.
 © 2008 Jesse CrawfordPhoto ID: 178293    View Count: 162

Ferrosilite : Fe2[SiO3]2

Mt Calvario, Biancavilla, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

View size 2 mm
 © Luigi MatteiPhoto ID: 232354    View Count: 57

Ferrosilite : Fe2[SiO3]2

Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand

Acicular crystals of Ferrosilite from Terawera Rift/Lake Terawera near Rotorua.
Field of view 4 mm.
Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.
 © Leon HupperichsPhoto ID: 111338    View Count: 206

Multiple photos availableFerrosilite : Fe2[SiO3]2, Almandine : Fe2+3Al2[SiO4]3, Quartz : SiO2

Tounkinskaya valley, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Crystalline aggregate of dark greenish-grey, megascopicaly black ferrosilite (all the left side of the specimen) in crystalline shist with brownish almandine garnet, quartz and very minor biotite. Specimen size is 3.5x2.5x2.5 cm. Received from Mikhail N. Murashko 24.09.92. Pavel M. Kartashov collection (#3009) and photo.
 © Pavel M. KartashovPhoto ID: 208316    View Count: 99
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