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Magnetite, Andradite (Var: Melanite)

Locality: Clear Creek deposits, Clear Creek area, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA

Note: The mineral species Magnetite is not listed in our database for this locality. This specimen may be misidentified or the mindat list of minerals at this locality may be incomplete.

I recieved this in partial trade for a Perky Oganja Cuprite (ex Carl Acosta) from Cal Graeber at the 2008 TGMS. (the other part was an Norway anatase from Leonard Himes) I showed it around to quite a few people and only one person questioned the "perovskite" label; Rick Kennedy (Earth's Treasures). He is an expert on this location, and told me that I should test it with a magnet, because he suspected that it was acutally magnetite. Since returning home, I have done just that... and "TADA!"... it is Indeed magnetic.

The reason I wanted it in the first place is because we collected in the San Benito region for a couple days (with Rick Kennedy at the Gem Mine), and I LOVE IT UP THERE. It has one of my favorite type of eco-system, the Pine Desert. Add that to the tons of blue and green serpentine and crystal clear streams, and you have the back drop for any Mark Ryden painting.

3.3cm x 2.1cm x 1.2cm

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Photo added: 19th Feb 2008

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